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This Car-Free Michigan Island Is Leading on Composting

Civil Eats

Sitting high atop a cart emblazoned with the mission of “Keeping Mackinac Beautiful,” a city sanitation worker maneuvers a two-horse team through the fray, stopping periodically to collect trash and compost. This iconic Great Lakes vacation spot has been running a composting program since the 1990s. are adopting composting each year.

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Meet the Modern Composters on Wheels

Modern Farmer

Rentsch does this work for Soil Cycle , a compost-based nonprofit. Not only do Soil Cycle’s staff pick up the food scraps, but a few times a year, its customers can pick up the end result: compost for their home gardens. “I ” A few times a year, Soil Cycle is able to give the actual compost back to the customers. “We’re

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State is reimbursing farmers for compost

Western FarmPress

Washington will distribute $1 million to encourage the practice.

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Washington State Program to Reimburse Farmers for Compost Use

ATTRA

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is launching a Compost Reimbursement Program to encourage on-farm compost use. Approximately $1 million will be distributed annually on a first-come, first-served basis. Related ATTRA publication: How to Add Compost on Your Small Farm

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Foodshed Cooperative Is Growing San Diego’s Small-Farm Economy

Civil Eats

Here, they educated other local farmers on how to farm with more regenerative practices such as cutting down on tillage, growing cover crops, and integrating compost. We recognized that we needed to scale our distribution capacities, and. Ellee Igoe and Hernan Cavazos. They were successful, launching their pilot on March 1st, 2020.

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Best Practices for Managing Plant Nutrients

Farmbrite

Compost: Compost improves and adds nourishment to the soil. For composting systems, nutrients (like nitrogen) can be added in the form of green materials (grass clippings, kitchen scraps), and carbon (in the form of dry leaves, and straw) that can balance the nitrogen. We might suggest using both compost and fertilizer.

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What’s Left Out of the Conversation When it Comes to Urban Agriculture

Food Tank

Urban agriculture can take on many different forms including, but not limited to, community gardens, urban farms, greenspaces, bioswales, rain gardens, community composting, beekeeping, and aquaculture. Many utilize regenerative growing and composting to maintain healthy crop life cycles from seed to harvest and foster healthy soils.