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Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in Organic Compost?

Civil Eats

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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Best Practices for Managing Plant Nutrients

Farmbrite

This information enables farmers to make informed decisions about what amendments are needed, such as adding fertilizers or lime, to create a balanced and productive environment. It's worth it to say that fertilizer ratios on products available might not always match exactly the fertilizer ratio that you are looking for.

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Closing the Loop on Poop

Modern Farmer

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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Managing ‘Brown Gold:’ the Challenges—and Opportunities—of Spent Substrate

Civil Eats

It’s also one with many potential uses ; it can be used as compost, as a means of decontaminating soil, as biofuel, and simply for growing more mushrooms. Stempel currently takes most of the material to a nearby compost facility, but local farms, gardeners, and florists also take a portion. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

The clouds hang dark gray in the sky, and tender new leaves emerge from the towering willow oak behind the brick ranch farmhouse at the center of the farms production area. In fact, the Toxic Substances Control Act banned them in 1979 from further production in the United States. Hes serious, measured, and focused, but also kind.

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. But plasticulture, or the use of plastic products in agriculture, also comes with a wide range of known problems. Simply put, “there are no magic solutions,” says Demokritou.

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Corn Residue Creating Renewable Plastic

The Farmers Daughter USA

and New Energy Blue, corn residue has emerged as a transformative resource for renewable plastic production. 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. In a recent deal between Dow, Inc.

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