Food Tank

MARCH 29, 2024

Last year, the city of Chicago launched a composting program that allows residents to drop off food scraps at 15 locations around the city, where they’re collected and turned into compost for soil. Urban agriculture is getting official. When I look out at the state of the food system, I see so much that’s going well.

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Food Compost Agricultural equipment Agriculture 98

CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

The collective currently shares two mid-sized combine harvesters, one mini-combine harvester, a compost spreader, two seed cleaners, a berm flamer, a no-till drill, and a foliar spray trailer. These tools help their operations do tasks like harvest crops, apply compost, manage weeds, clean grain, plant cover crops, and apply compost tea.

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Compost Grain Harvest Harvesting 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

To get [your mulch or compost] spread in a timely manner was really quite impossible,” said Gonzales-Siemens. Slow Shift to Collective Tool-Sharing Despite these benefits, farm equipment collectives and sharing models are still few and far between in the U.S., The companies are often booked months in advance. “To

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Grain Farming Farming Orchard 112