Articles, Interviews, Podcasts & More
featuring Rust Belt Riders
Ten Years !
Watch a brief overview of what a decade in the dirt has looked like, and where RBR is headed in the future.
Keepin’ It Cleveland
Listen to host Isaac Williams sit down with RBR co-founder Michael Robinson and speak about the transformation of compost in the rusty city along the Lake.
Dreams in Tilth
Listen to worker-owner Nathan Rutz speak about the transformation that Rust Belt Riders have been and hope to witness here in Northeastern Ohio.
Our Origins
Our work has scaled since this video was made, but the mission remains the same.
Composting in the Great Lakes!
In the latest episode of Great Lakes Now, “A Better Future,” a Chicago community surrounded by industry fights for a cleanup, a creative approach to keeping food waste out of landfills in Cleveland and The Catch.
Small Business, Big Conversations Interview
In Jump Start Inc.’s latest podcast interview, they met with Dan Brown to discuss how we are reframing industry in the Midwest.
“Can RBR make food waste Cleveland’s next great resource?
An article by Annie Nickoloff of Cleveland Magazine discusses composting at the West Side Market and Clevelands shifting approach to waste.
A Cooperative Compost Company
Learn how systems thinking influences our business. From humble beginnings to collective decision making. This one really covers it all.
Food Waste Conversation with Ideastream
Dan Brown, RBR co-founder, joined other sustainability leaders for a conversation regarding waste and how we manage it.
Steph Talks Trash
The statistic has been repeated many times: 40% of food in the United States goes to waste. But what is being done to divert this food away from landfills?
Tilth Soil Video
Tilth Soil is a Cleveland, OH-based manufacturer of living composts and soils. Made from recycled food waste and expertly blended with select, organic, horticultural ingredients.
Where We Started
“We were running a garden on E. 40th Street and St. Clair Avenue and we realized before we could grow anything with success we had to cultivate the soil,” Brown says.
