Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s also one with many potential uses ; it can be used as compost, as a means of decontaminating soil, as biofuel, and simply for growing more mushrooms. Stempel currently takes most of the material to a nearby compost facility, but local farms, gardeners, and florists also take a portion. It wasn’t a tough sell. In the U.S.,

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The company composts all fruit scraps, tea, herbs, cultures, and paper towels while also saving over 1,100 gallons of water per day through their recapture system. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Boochcraft, United States Boochraft produces kombucha, an alcoholic fermented tea.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

So, when I heard of the mid-scale anaerobic digester being installed at Dickenson College Organic Farm as a demonstration of how small dairy farms can utilize manure and other waste streams to produce on farm energy, I was eager for the opportunity to visit the farm and help spread the word to other farms.

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