If you’re visiting or live in the San Francisco area, I recommend you look up the folks at Mixt Greens, a eco-friendly restaurant that specializes in salads and sandwiches. Why? They serve up organic greens, and their to-go packages are fully compostable!
It’s no secret that dairy farms produce a lot of waste that could be composted. That’s why there is a strong interest in putting this manure to use and reducing waste. Check out this article from the Agronomy Journal for more information on how dairy farmers are improving their operations by composting.
Eating Light is an organic deli in Orlando, Florida that has a unique way of doing business. They use organic crops to create their delicious dishes, but when it comes to dumping scraps, they use the organic waste as compost. The compost thus goes back into the system and helps to make this deli a soft […]
Restaurants produce tons and tons of food waste each month. That’s why I was happy to read yet another article about restaurants putting their waste to good use by composting. The Central Valley Business Times reported that 30 restaurants in the Modesto California area will be participating in a federally funded composting program. The resulting […]
Just read this interesting article about a company called PayGro. They just got a big grant to work on transforming cardboard food packaging and food scraps into compost from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and other sources.
Now, Paygro processes about 13,000 tons of compost per year. With the new equipment, it should compost an additional 5,000 […]
UC Berkley’s new cafeteria has been certified organic. This amazing certification is the first of it’s kind in the U.S. You can read more about this unique program, which includes extensive composting, at TreeHugger.
Vons supermarkets recently gave away $75,000 in compost to schools, individuals, and other organizations in southern California. Vons is a supermarket chain in southern California (mostly L.A. if I remember correctly). They actually made the compost, by the way. Now, if other supermarkets would only follow their lead! Read more here.
Check out this site on horses for tips on how you can compost horse manure. There certainly aren’t many folks out there who own horses or know people who do, but the article has some great info on how the composting process works. Since I’m sort of a science geek, I thought it was a […]
The University of Alberta in Canada recently performed a study on composting cow manure and got some interesting results.
University of Alberta researcher Gurpreet Singh said he unearthed scientific evidence that composting, rather than the normal farm practice of stockpiling dung, produces a third less greenhouse gases and could reduce Canada’s carbon emissions by as much […]
Scientists from Kazan State University and the Open Joint-Stock Company “Nizhnekamskneft” are doing just that. As an option to storing waste products from oil that can be potentially toxic, composting is being explored as a way to deal with nasty oil waste. This article claims that the resulting oil-compost is virtually non-toxic.
Solid waste of petrochemical production […]
Got a commercial composting operation? The Backhus 16-50 Compost Turner is a handy piece of equipment to help mix your compost and turn out a more high quality product. You can read an article about this high quality machine here.
Mo-Java is a special compost with coffee grounds as one of the main ingredients. This article about Mo-Java helps to dispell the myths about using high quantities of coffee grounds in your compost pile. Among the benefits, the authors claim, are that earth worms love coffee! The question is, do they go to Starbuck’s or the […]
Swedish soil scientist Dr Holger Kirchmann discusses the use of compost and other techniques for growing wine grapes. Read more here.
A man in Deep Gap, North Carolina is shocked. Shocked that his neighbors are disturbed by the rotting animal carcasses that he uses in his compost pile to generate the very best black gold you could ever want to make.
What disturbs the neighbors most is Carter’s use of animal carcasses in the operation. By Carter’s […]
Using a fine material on the floor of your pack barn is known as a compost barn. This is a great way that farmers can easily transform farm waste into compost. Compost barns are especially popular with dairy farmers. Recommended materials are soybean straw and saw dust. Read more about Compost Barns here.
An Indiana company is working with Brown County, Wisconsin, to create a commercial composting system that is capable of handling large amounts of cow manure. Dealing with cow manure is a big issue for dairy farmers and meat packing plants because of the large amounts generated.
“As you increase urban development and you increase the cow […]
Trinchero Family Estates is one of the 2005 winners of the the California Integrated Waste Management Board’s WRAP (Waste Reduction Awards Program) awards. The WRAP award recognizes California-based businesses that have made an effort to reduce their waste. Trinchero Family Estates is a Napa Valley winery. They have an extensive composting program and also make […]
A Washington Post article about bird flu brings up the gruesome subject of what you do with all of those bird carcasses if you have to slaughter a flock if bird flu is detected.
After trying to burn the bodies (too expensive), burying them (an environmental hazard) and trucking them to rendering plants (risking further spread […]
The commercial watchdog group Gardening Which? recently performed a study on commercially available composts. The results of the study were surprising. It was found that many organic composts available on the market are of very poor quality. You can read the full article here. We feel that the remedy to this problem is to start […]
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell hopes that protecting the environment will actually turn a profit for businesses and organizations in his state. The Compost Infrastructure Development Grant Program is in innovative way to help businesses create organic compost with the waste generated from producing their products. The grants will help businesses that have high volumes […]
Soil Builder’s Inc., a company that makes compost, worm castings and “Mighty Microbe Mulch,” recently received praise from the Columbian Newspaper for their efforts to transform horse manure, wood shavings, and leftover hay into high quality compost. For now, they offer their product wholesale, but plan on expanding their sales for smaller markets soon.
A Dallas Morning News column by organic gardening expert Howard Garrett discusses the pitfalls of composting in a big pile, and how you might end up in trouble with the city.
