Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture. Department of Agriculture (USDA) compost rules could dramatically change the meaning of organic compost for farmers.

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Compost Manufacturing Food Production 107

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning Cooking, refrigeration, air conditioning, water use, and packaging contribute to greenhouse gas emissions too. The entire manufacturing cycle—from oil and gas drilling to petroleum refining to the production of plastics—creates greenhouse gas emissions.

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Compost Food Greenhouse Manufacturing 84

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Using biological waste (such as manure from poultry and animals) can be harmful to the environment if not properly disposed of. Using biological waste (such as manure from poultry and animals) can be harmful to the environment if not properly disposed of. By piling up the waste, the pile of compost will be placed deeply.

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Compost Manufacturing Processing Production 98

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

Using biological waste (such as manure from poultry and animals) can be harmful to the environment if not properly disposed of. Using biological waste (such as manure from poultry and animals) can be harmful to the environment if not properly disposed of. By piling up the waste, the pile of compost will be placed deeply.

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Fertilizer Compost Manufacturing Processing 93

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On a sunny afternoon in September 2021, Michael Langford was moving compost with his compact John Deere. The front bucket was half full as he drove the tractor forward on a gentle slope of his 10-acre produce and poultry farm in Greensboro, Georgia. Suddenly, the 53-year-old felt a tire slip under him. “I Rollovers can happen anywhere.

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Tractor Farming Farming Acre 89

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sir Albert Howard, who developed the scientific aerobic composting method and brought it to the world in his iconic 1943 book, An Agricultural Testament , wrote “Artificial manures [that’s what he called chemical fertilizer] lead inevitably to artificial nutrition, artificial food, artificial animals, and finally to artificial men and women.”

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52