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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.
The Farmers Daughter USA
JUNE 12, 2023
Although most of us imagine that it has something to do with swapping plastic straws for paper straw, it’s something that goes much further. Farmers can collaborate with renewable plastic manufacturers or participate in local bioplastics production, contributing to a circular economy that integrates agriculture and industry.
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Sustainable Food Trust
APRIL 10, 2024
For starters, there is a basic lack of waste facilities across the UK that deal with farm plastics and costs can be significant for some farmers, but the bigger problem lies in the fact that there is little ‘closed-loop’ recyclability in the way these plastics are manufactured.
Kavya Organic Farm
AUGUST 24, 2023
Phosphate rock is a popular material for the manufacturing of this fertiliser. Nitrogen helps with greenery, and potassium helps with plants’ stalks and straws Why fertilisers? Some traditional farming and agricultural methods, to date, use other methods of fertilising plants, especially farm manure and compost.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 4, 2024
Besides foraging for fungi adapted to the subarctic environment, taming the stew of toxins required a larger bioremediation strategy, using local willows to concentrate inorganic contaminants such as heavy metals, as well as municipal compost, which added microbes and nutrients to help spur decomposition.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 1, 2024
Cheap and easy to make, it’s still the fastest-growing group of fibers used to manufacture garments. The difficulty, and the stage most of these startups are now, is in scaling manufacturing. The manufacture of next-gen fibers requires giant fermentation vats and skilled workers. What’s the solution?
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
By enlisting stakeholders—from small to large-scale growers, product manufacturers, and service providers that provide on-farm plastics collection and retrieval—through awareness and incentivized action, the regional waste management district has vastly increased the collection and recycling of drip tape and plastic film, says Mejia-Muñoz.
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