Life from the ground up.
Food scraps become living soil. Living soil grows food, knowledge, and stronger Madison neighborhoods. Brainplate Grows keeps that whole loop moving—one kitchen, one bucket, and one community at a time.
MADISON, WISCONSIN · COMMUNITY COMPOSTING
Scraps are only waste when they are misplaced.
Local restaurants and neighbors separate food scraps. Brainplate collects and composts them at Troy Farm, then returns the finished soil to food, learning, and community projects.
SCRAPS → SOIL → FOOD → COMMUNITY
From table scraps to living soil.
Local restaurants and neighbors separate food scraps. Brainplate’s people- and bicycle-powered collection brings those materials to Troy Farm, where volunteers build and cure compost for local land, food, and community projects.
Hear Brainplate Grows founder Elliott Gilfillan share how community composting connects restaurants, volunteers, soil, and neighborhood resilience in this REAP Food Group conversation.
Building soil. Growing community.
Nothing is waste. It is only misplaced.
When food scraps stay local, they can become soil, food, learning, and stronger neighborhood connections.
MADISON · MEASURABLE CHANGE
What the loop makes possible.
100,000+
pounds recovered
over the last three years
Client-reported
22
restaurants and food producers
participating in 2024
Independent reporting
Troy Farm
Madison composting home
where scraps become soil
Nearly 6,000
pounds of finished compost
produced in 2024
Independent reporting
People-powered
volunteers + bicycle collection
keep the loop moving
55
Urban Farm Kits
distributed in six weeks
Client-confirmed · 2026
DONATE · VOLUNTEER · PARTNER
There is a place for you in the loop.
Build a community compost pile at Troy Farm on Tuesdays, or bring household scraps to the Northside Farmers Market on Sundays during market season. Find the weekly times and details on Get Involved.