On December 8, RAFI’s Farmers of Color Network hosted an insightful call with FOCN member Sundiata Hardy-El, an urban farmer and compost business owner based in Tallahassee. Sundiata shared how he crafts compost teas & extracts, their benefits, and how to apply them on the farm. If you are interested in new ways to amend your soils, upgrade your composting skills, or potentially break into the compost business, check out this video.
Sundiata is a graduate of Florida A&M University and also a social entrepreneur. He owns
Compost Community, Tallahassee’s only compost pick-up service, manages the Frenchtown Urban Farm, Promise Land Urban Farm, and the FAMU Agroecology Mini Farm. In conjunction with these ventures, Sundiata spends much of his time in a service capacity, speaking on compost, gardening, health, and nutrition to various groups throughout Tallahassee and the State of Florida. Sundiata has 13 years of experience in the urban farming movement, and he subscribes to the Soil Food Web School methodology of composting.