top of page
The Generation Soil Revolution Blog
Composting, Food Forests And Regeneration
Explore articles, how-tos, and Bristol case studies. From real-world composting wins to soil-first growing, every post helps you turn food waste into living soil and grow more with less.
New here? Sign up for the Soil Revolution Newsletter to receive your FREE beginner guides, then visit the Compost Clinic for tailored help.
How to Improve Urban Soil Health in Bristol
Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving city. In Bristol, many gardens and green spaces sit on compacted or depleted ground, but with the right care, we can bring them back to life. Learn how to regenerate urban soil using living compost, biochar, and mulch, and discover how the Bristol Living Compost Project is turning local food waste into fertile ground that feeds people, plants, and community. Join the movement to grow Bristol from the ground up.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20253 min read
How Generation Soil Turns Food Waste Into Living Compost
At Generation Soil CIC, we turn Bristol’s food waste into living soil through a three-stage composting process: fermentation, in-vessel composting, and maturation. Each step builds microbial life, reduces waste, and regenerates urban soils. Learn how bokashi microbes, controlled composting, and natural maturation create compost that feeds your garden and the planet.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20254 min read
The Future of Soil: How Communities Can Lead Climate Adaptation
The future of climate adaptation begins in the soil beneath our feet. Across the UK, communities are turning waste into resilience by regenerating living soil, cutting carbon, and rebuilding connection. From Bristol’s composting hubs to neighbourhood food forests, local action is proving that the path to climate adaptation doesn’t start with policy, it starts with community.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20253 min read
The Secret Life of Waste: Inside the Bristol Living Compost Project
Food waste isn’t waste, it’s life waiting to return. The Bristol Living Compost Project transforms kitchen scraps into living compost that feeds the soil and cuts carbon. Using an innovative three-stage process, Generation Soil is building a citywide circular system that reconnects people to the land beneath them, proving that regeneration begins right where waste ends.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20253 min read
Sustainable Gifts: The Art of Regeneration in Handmade Form
What if gifts could give back? Explore the art of regenerative gifting with Generation Soil. From handmade items and living compost to community workshops, discover sustainable, meaningful ways to celebrate the season while supporting soil health and local makers.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20254 min read
Best Compost Suppliers in South West England | Living Soil for Gardeners & Growers
Looking for the best compost suppliers in South West England? Discover regenerative producers like Generation Soil (Bristol) and The Community Farm, turning food waste into microbe-rich living soil. Learn how local compost supports circular food systems, reduces waste, and restores soil health, while growing stronger, more resilient plants across the South West.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20253 min read
Where Can I Get Support for School Gardening Projects in Bristol?
Want to start a school gardening project in Bristol? Generation Soil helps schools design, build, and sustain living learning gardens with compost, workshops, and curriculum-linked support. Join the Bristol Living Compost Project to connect students with soil, microbes, and nature, and grow the next generation of environmental leaders, one garden at a time.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20254 min read
The Green Ages: Rethinking Our Relationship With Nature
Our relationship with nature has shifted across the centuries from extraction to exploitation, and now to regeneration. The Green Ages explores how each era shaped our environment, and why building living soil may define the next.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20253 min read
Why Local Food Systems Are Key to Sustainability
Local food systems do more than reduce food miles; they regenerate connection, resilience, and soil health. By supporting nearby growers, composting locally, and shortening supply chains, communities can reduce emissions and return nutrients to the land. Discover how relocalising food isn’t just sustainable; it’s essential for building a circular, climate-resilient economy rooted in place.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 16, 20254 min read
What Can and Can’t I Bokashi? Your Complete Guide to Fermenting Food Waste at Home
Bokashi composting is a clean, simple way to ferment almost all your food waste at home. But what exactly can and can’t go in the bucket? This guide breaks down every category of scraps, from veg and leftovers to meat, dairy, and bones, so you can ferment confidently and turn more waste into healthy living soil.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 8, 20254 min read
Composting for Resilient Cities
Composting for resilient cities means rethinking waste as a living system. At Generation Soil, we’re turning Bristol’s food waste into fertile soil that strengthens local food systems, reduces emissions, and builds climate resilience. Learn how urban composting closes the loop between people, planet, and place and why the future of sustainable cities begins in the soil.
Alex Montgomery
Dec 6, 20253 min read
The Benefits of Bokashi Composting
Most food waste ends up releasing methane in landfill, but bokashi composting turns those same scraps into life. Using beneficial microbes, this Japanese method ferments food waste into nutrient-dense material that feeds soil health and cuts emissions. Learn how bokashi helps households and cities close the loop between food and earth, one bucket at a time.
Alex Montgomery
Nov 3, 20253 min read
From Sewer to Soil: How Victorian Waste Systems Still Shape Urban Sustainability
Our urban waste systems were designed in the 1800s to fight disease, not to regenerate life. Today, that 19th-century logic still shapes how we deal with food and waste. At Generation Soil, we’re helping Bristol build the next waste revolution: turning what we throw away into living soil again.
Alex Montgomery
Nov 3, 20254 min read
Why Living Compost Feeds More Than Plants
Living compost feeds more than plants. It nourishes the soil, communities, and ecosystems that sustain life. At Generation Soil, we’re regenerating Bristol’s food systems by transforming food waste into living compost rich in microbes and fungi. This blog explores how compost connects people and planet, supports circular systems, and builds climate resilience through local action.
Alex Montgomery
Nov 3, 20253 min read
From Surabaya to Bristol: What the UK Can Learn from Community Composting Success Stories
When it comes to tackling food waste, Surabaya, Indonesia, proved that big impact doesn’t need big tech. By empowering neighbourhoods to compost locally, the city cut landfill waste by 20% while improving soil and community wellbeing. Now, Bristol is taking inspiration with the Bristol Living Compost Project using bokashi composting and local hubs to turn food waste into living soil and resilience.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 25, 20254 min read
Transform Your Food Waste into Fertile Soil with Bokashi Composting
Turn your kitchen scraps into living soil with the Bokashi composting method. Using natural microbes to ferment food waste, even meat and dairy, Bokashi makes composting clean, fast, and odour-free. Learn how this ancient-meets-modern technique is helping homes and communities across Bristol and the UK cut emissions, reduce waste, and regenerate soil health from the ground up.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 25, 20253 min read
When Organic Food Became a Threat: How Power Rewrote the Food System
As organic farming grew, so did a quiet corporate backlash. Funded studies, policy dilution, and greenwashing reshaped what “organic” means, stripping it of its soil roots. Generation Soil explores how power rewrote the food system, why it matters today, and how we can rebuild real soil democracy through regenerative practices that restore people, planet, and food integrity.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 24, 20254 min read
How to Recycle Food Waste and Regenerate Healthy Soil
Food waste is one of our biggest environmental challenges, but also one of the easiest to solve. By turning organic waste into living compost, we can cut emissions, restore soil health, and build a circular food system that gives back to people and planet.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 20, 20254 min read
How to Start Composting at Home in Bristol (and Beyond)
Composting isn’t just for gardeners. Whether you live in a Bristol flat or a UK village, your kitchen scraps can become living soil. Learn how bokashi, wormeries, and community compost hubs turn everyday waste into regeneration.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 20, 20254 min read
Regenerating Bristol’s Urban Soil: Practical Steps for Healthier Ground
Urban soils in Bristol are often compacted, depleted, or lifeless, but they can be brought back to life. Discover how composting, bokashi, and biochar can regenerate even the smallest patch of city ground. Learn how Generation Soil’s community projects are restoring Bristol’s urban ecosystems and helping people reconnect with the living soil beneath their feet.
Alex Montgomery
Oct 12, 20253 min read
About Generation Soil CIC
Generation Soil is a Bristol-based non-profit turning food waste into living soil. Through the Bristol Living Compost Project, our workshops, and regenerative market gardens, we’re building a circular food system that keeps nutrients local and restores biodiversity across the city.
Every handful of compost we make begins as Bristol’s food scraps transformed through microbes, biochar, and community action. From households to schools and businesses, we help people connect with the soil beneath their feet and the food on their plates.
Explore More:
Bristol Living Compost Project
Together, we can turn Bristol’s food waste into fertile ground and grow a more resilient, regenerative future, one bucket at a time.
bottom of page