• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
UPCOMING EVENTS DONATE
Mission Waco Logo
  • Home
  • Waco
  • World
  • About
    • History
    • Leadership Team
    • Job Openings
  • Programs
    • Adults & Family
      • Christmas Toy Store
      • Meyer Center Social Services
      • Manna House
      • The Ark Apartments
      • Jubilee Theatre
      • All Adult and Family Programs
    • Youth
    • Children
    • Social Enterprise
      • World Cup Cafe & Fair Trade Market
      • Jubilee Food Market
      • The Colcord Center
      • The Clothesline and Voucher Center
      • Jubilee Theatre
      • Urban REAP
      • All Social Enterprise Programs
    • Mission World
      • School Sponsorship
      • Clean Water
      • Women’s Incubator Business
      • Global Microcredit
      • Wings for Women
      • Healing Wounds of Trauma Training
      • Exposure Trips
      • All Mission World Programs
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Groups
    • Poverty Simulation
    • Exposure Trips
    • “The Other Side of Waco” Tours
    • Internships
    • Events
  • Contact

URBAN REAP

Renewable Energy & Agricultural Project

Compost Education Garden Center Aquaponics

Loving our Neighbor by Loving our Earth

Environmental degradation impacts us all, but it has a disproportionate impact on the poor, whether it be air pollution, contaminated water, or readily-available nutritious food.  Our community therefore cannot separate how we treat the environment from how we treat our sisters and brothers beside us and around the world.  Urban REAP exists to create a more sustainable future by providing our community with positive actions that help care for our creation as well as our neighbors.  By participating in our four initiatives, you can help create a cleaner, healthier, and more empowered community for everyone.

Support Urban REAP

UPCOMING EVENTS

Community Workshop: Growing with Greenhouses

February 25, 2023

Urban REAP

Community Composter Certification Course

March 16, 2023 – April 20, 2023

Urban REAP

Our Initiatives

Compost

Food waste is a big deal – about 25% of everything that goes to the landfill is food.  Urban REAP’s composting program offers an alternative that turns food waste into nutrient-dense fertilizer that grows healthier plants and helps repair soils.  In 2022 we composted over 23,000lbs of food waste!

Bring by your food waste during our open hours and we will compost it for free! Or subscribe to our Bucket Program for a bucket, 24/7 drop-off access, and subscriber discounts.  We have two bucket options – Compost Classic Green Bucket for traditional composting, and Compost Plus Blue Bucket for the option to include meat and dairy. 

Sign up for our Bucket Program
What can I add to my Blue Bucket?
What can I add to my Green Bucket?

Education

Urban REAP provides both grade school programming and informal workshop opportunities for students of all ages. Children, teens, and adults alike can benefit from our educational programs by learning about our planet, our natural resources, and practical skills such as gardening and composting in engaging and interactive ways. We serve McLennan County (and beyond) by creating curriculum and videos to grapple with issues ranging from environmental stewardship and justice to how to keep your garden pest-free.

Visit our Education Portal

Garden Center

Urban REAP’s neighborhood of Brook Oaks, as well as McLennan County at large, has a thriving gardening community that we want to support and grow. Our Garden Center offers accessible, reasonably-priced gardening and composting supplies to encourage sustainability practices at home. This holiday we have a variety of gift bundles available for you to buy for your loved ones!

See our Christmas Gift Bundles!

Aquaponics

Aquaponics is a method of agriculture that is used to grow plants in water that has been used to also cultivate fish – in latin it is literally to put fish to work! As fish eat and produce waste or ammonia, helpful bacteria convert the waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer to support plant growth. Urban REAP grows herbs and produce that we sell to local restaurants and to Jubilee Food Market to feed our local community.

Learn more about Aquaponics
Partner With Us

HOW TO SUPPORT URBAN REAP

VOLUNTEER

SIGN UP

VISIT US

1509 N. 15th Street
Waco, TX 76707

FOLLOW US

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

JOIN US

SEE CALENDAR

Make an impact in your community and beyond.

Give
Volunteer

PROGRAMS

  • Adults & Family
  • Youth
  • Children
  • Social Enterprise
  • Mission World
  • NEED OUR SERVICES?

ABOUT

  • History
  • Leadership Team
  • Job Openings
  • E-News
  • Quarterly Newsletter
  • Blog

CHARITY NAVIGATOR MENU

  • Donor Privacy Policy
  • Board Of Directors
  • Audited Financials
  • Public 990 form
  • Key Staff Profiles
  • Program Highlights 2021

OTHER MISSION WACO SITES

  • Volunteer
  • Groups
  • Poverty Simulation
  • Exposure Trips
  • “The Other Side of Waco” Tours
  • Internship

Mission Waco Mission World 1315 N 15th St. Waco, TX 76707 | 254.753.4900
Contact Us | Privacy Policy | All Rights Reserved © 2022
Donate Now!