In our journey, we encourage children to compost all food waste at Little Moa's, or we save it to feed our worms! In all of the kai spaces we have We Compost collection bins to collect all food scraps and organic waste. By composting organic waste, 'We Compost' turn it into a valuable resource which is used to enrich soil. Healthy soils hold carbon in a living form and play an important role in our local food production.

'We Compost' collects our compostable waste and take it to Tuakau, where they dispose of the compostable waste at a commercial facility, Envirofert. Over about 9 weeks, everything breaks down with their special composting methods! The compost is then distributed to farms in the Pukekohe and Bombay areas. Fun fact: most of the compost generated by 'We Compost' is currently being used on kiwifruit farms!

This full circle can be illustrated to our tamariki when feeding our worms. They see the organic waste go into the top level and start to see it breaking down. Eventually we gather the castings from the worm farms and are able to add this to our veggie gardens – superfood nutrients for our growing plants! When our plants are ready for harvest our tamariki help Lena to gather from the garden ready to prepare in the kitchen!