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In A Few Short Years, Organic Has Become The Norm

March 10, 2010 Compost

It was just a few short years ago that organic gardeners and growers were looked upon as freaks of nature in the gardening world. Miracle-Gro, Roundup and Peters were the norm on the shelves of garden sheds in most places. Now, those products are kept out of sight and usually shunned at the garden center. [...]

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What San Francisco City Hall Calls Compost, Activists Call Toxic Sludge

March 5, 2010 Compost

Carolyn Tyler of television station KGO reports on San Francisco’s free give away to Bay Area gardeners of treated composted sewer sludge,
A free program in San Francisco is under attack by a group of activists who claim the compost the city gives away to local gardeners is toxic.
It was quite a spectacle at San Francisco [...]

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Compost Link To Scottish Legionnaire’s Cases

March 4, 2010 Compost

This story highlights why you should have compost tested so you know what organisms are in it. Detractors and critics of Aerated Compost Tea (ACT), criticize ACT and its supporters for its potential disease carrying properties but regular, run of the mill compost, if you don’t know what organisms are in it, are the real [...]

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Dead Fish Become Great Compost

March 1, 2010 Compost

Lauren Donovan writes in The Bismark Tribune,
Dead fish are contributing to some of the healthiest soil around and come warm weather, there’ll be more to sell.
Fish killed last winter in Dickinson’s (North Dakota) Patterson Lake are the main ingredient in a big batch of compost that’s breaking down into soil even during the winter months.
The [...]

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Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba

February 24, 2010 Compost

A clip from the BBC’s “Around the World in 80 Gardens” showing some of the urban food gardening in Havana, Cuba. Urban gardening is happening all over the world.

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The Business Of Food Waste Composting

February 24, 2010 Compost

Molly Farrell Tucker writes in BioCycle magazine,
Being the first at anything is almost always a challenge, and becoming Georgia’s first permitted commercial food waste composting facility was no exception. Greenco Environmental, which composts food waste, yard trimmings and wood at its 32-acre facility in Barnesville, Georgia, jumped through many hoops including finding an approved site, [...]

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Compost Strategies—What Bugs Do Your Plants Prefer?

February 23, 2010 Compost

As the weather starts to warm up in some parts of the country, people will be able to start making and using their own compost. The Sustainable Smallholding blog looks at creating your own compost with different plants in mind and whether they want a fungally or bacterial dominated soil. Click to read the rest [...]

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Teens Learn Sustainable Living Skills

February 22, 2010 Compost

Jennifer Pelletier, 16, foreground, is among students inspecting soil during an environmental education program at the Compost Education Centre. Photo credit: Debra Brash,/Times Colonist

Steve Carey writes in the Victoria, B.C. newspaper, Times Colonist,

In the Compost Education Centre’s straw hut, a group of teens and their instructors stare through magnifying glasses at trays of soil.
The teens [...]

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Learning Is Hands On At College Hort Program

February 20, 2010 Compost

Tim Holt writes on Redding.com,
The land stretches out in abundance: acres of clover and grains, woodlands and a small vineyard. A herd of cattle lazes next to a barn. Across the way two additional barns house sheep and pigs in the middle of their birthing seasons. Four greenhouses are nearby.
The 70-acre farm is on the [...]

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The Worm Inn

February 20, 2010 Compost

Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is usually done in hard plastic worm boxes in a garage, basement or if the weather is warm enough, outdoors. But a new product has been introduced that allows gardeners to have a worm composter right near the kitchen. It is perfect for people who live in condos, apartments or other [...]

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