Compost Manure Ruralism 
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 23, 2023
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.
ATTRA
AUGUST 15, 2023
On the Mad Farm, this is enacted through compost and especially the cover crops that occupy space on the gardens each season. Tomatoes planted into a tilled-in rye, vetch, and red clover green manure, May 21. I put in the tomatoes on May 21, 11 days after tilling in the green manure. This year was different. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
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Sustainable Harvest International
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Every day, rural women work long, tireless, and sometimes thankless hours to provide for their families. In Phase 1 of SHI’s multi-phase program, she quickly learns how to build a plant nursery and compost storage. After the compost turns into soil, it then gets used in the vegetable garden. Maritza Cunil shares her farm plan.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 26, 2023
Dairy farmers are working to implement climate-smart manure management practices, and the COWS Act will offer the needed resources to enhance both air and water quality,” said Rob Larew, National Farmers Union President. “Getting the AMMP award sped up our plans to modernize our manure management system by about 10 years.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Instead of throwing garden refuse away or composting it, one could instead chop it up and drop it as mulch back into the garden. Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
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.
ATTRA
JANUARY 2, 2024
Salts from added compost, manure, or fertilizers can build up in the rain-free environment of a tunnel and accumulate near the soil surface, affecting crop growth. If compost is used as a soil amendment, using vegetation-based compost instead of composted animal manure can reduce the possibility of salt build-up in the soil.
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