{"id":40,"date":"2023-06-30T22:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T22:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/?p=40"},"modified":"2023-07-01T01:05:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:05:37","slug":"sustainability-by-the-bootstraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/2023\/06\/30\/sustainability-by-the-bootstraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Bootstrap Compost and the &#8220;living, breathing&#8221; world of soil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Cayla Kwok<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor Kharitonenkov buried his hand into a 15-foot bay of worm waste, uncovering a skinny, inch-long earthworm. Many might feel repulsed, not him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kharitonenkov is a cofounder of Bootstrap Compost, a subscription-based composting business with facilities in Johnston, R.I. and Everett that convert organic materials into sustainable products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSoil compost is a living, breathing ecosystem,\u201d he said, explaining that the piles of dirt contain micro bacteria, macro bacteria, and bugs. \u201cIt creates that vibrant environment that allows plants and little critters to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/rdc6nRPNFKJ9F\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/rdc6nRPNFKJ9F\/embed.jpg?buster=1688165096328\" alt=\"SUSTAINABILITY BY THE BOOTSTRAPS\" style=\"width:100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subscription-based composting business with facilities in Johnston, R.I. and Everett converts organic materials into sustainable products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}