Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City. [insideclimatenews.org]

^{Standing in his composting site at the Filbert Street Garden in Curtis Bay, Marvin Hayes shows off what he calls 'Black Gold' -- the end product derived from turning food scraps and yard trim into compost, which is well documented to protect the environment, sequester carbon and make communities resilient. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News}

By Aman Azhar, Inside Climate News, August 20, 2023

Marvin Hayes pulled up outside a beige brick home in Baltimore’s leafy Mount Washington neighborhood in his white cargo van to collect the bucket of food scraps his client had left on the front steps.

He hopped out of the van and launched into his choreographed routine: he fetched the bucket, emptied it in the big composting bins in the back of the van, tied a new green bag to the bucket and placed it back on the steps.

He then hopped back into the driver’s seat, closed the door behind him, and, right at that moment, in the side mirror, noticed that two white teenage boys he’d seen walking down the sidewalk had suddenly veered into the street and come up behind his van.

It was all in a day’s work.

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