Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

When you approach the poultry paddocks at Salvatierra Farms outside Northfield, Minnesota, you might not notice how many chickens are hiding among the tall grasses and young hazelnut trees at first. Each poultry flock or “unit” includes 1,500 chickens, a barn, and 1.5 And that’s by design.

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Poultry Processing Acre Farming 97

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

They join a growing list of animals in the process of disappearing forever. In a bid to be totally true to his terroir—a French winemaking concept that aims to impart a combination of natural factors including soil, climate and sunlight to the glass—he’s working with a herd of indigenous cattle to “produce” compost.

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Cattle Poultry Manure Compost 62

Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

In a world where all industries run on plastics, these fine particles can also find their way onto farms through poultry litter , sewage sludge applied to soils, and even fertilizer. Yet there’s a major catch: It needs to be collected and composted properly. There are currently no viable remediation techniques,” said Cusworth. “If

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Packaged poop can take hundreds of years to break down, even in bags deemed compostable or biodegradable; certifications that are based on commercial composting conditions, not landfills—but US industrial composting facilities don’t accept pet waste. In the US, dog parks are catching on.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

In its focus on expanding local processing and markets, as well as more localized nutrient cycling, the bill aims to support programs that effectively bolster local food and farm systems. The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) addresses all of those additional areas that the IRA does not.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 16, 2023

We experimented with a combination of ruminants and agroforestry, perennial crops and poultry, as well as some annual crops. We had aspirations to start producing Black Soldier Fly Larvae as an alternative sustainable protein source for our ducks, and to recruit earthworms to compost our duck manure, turning it into a super compost.

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Farming Farming Compost Manure 52

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

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Language around streamlining the process for establishing interim practice standards, assessing the potential for mitigating emissions, and allowing for greater regional variability is especially appreciated. However, NSAC is disheartened to see no reference to establishing composting as a national practice standard in the RPFSA.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Farmers euthanized (that means killed and threw away) millions of chickens, turkeys, and hogs because mega-processing plants couldn’t maintain operations. Compare that to our pastured poultry model which requires 10 ft. In the spring of 2020, as covid’s black swan permeated the world, store shelves went bare. Isn’t that beautiful?

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Another similarity is the welcome addition of regionally adapted cultivar and breed development, breeding for environmental resilience, and the addition of workforce training and development – including for meat and poultry processing – in the agriculture economics and rural communities priority area.

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