Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Unlike wildlife scat , which spreads seeds and returns nature’s nutrients in a balanced way, most conventional pet diets yield large amounts of waste. “I would just like to find one commercial composter in the US that accepts dog waste, period,” says Gary Bilbro, sales director at EcoSafe Zero Waste bags , on a web post.

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Compost Manure Processing Fertilizer 130

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hartman’s guide to how to downsize to fit into an urban or suburban neighborhood is like a study in farming history: pare down to seven tools, leave roots in place to nourish the soil, and “trust the compost.” Hartman maximizes many practices from the past while implementing today’s tech “on a human scale” to reap the greatest reward.

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Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Together, Harold and his brother, Chris, and his father, Gerald, work collaboratively as partners to manage 5000 acres of irrigated land producing potatoes — varieties of chippers, russets, and red Mozart potatoes — along with other field crops, including hard red spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola.

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Farming Farming Crop Manure 52