Nursery builds a composting division
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An overview is presented on the composting methods of the Massachusetts company Weston Nurseries. The nursery composts 14,000 cubic yards of materials per year, which include manure, food residuals, and yard trimmings, and uses the compost to replace soil lost in the selling of plants with root-balls, and commercially markets the remainder.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2001
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Building organic matter into Florida's sandy soils
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Farmers in Florida are including composting as part of their routine agricultural operations. Feedstocks typically include livestock manure and yard waste. The article also discusses challenges to on-site farm composting, such as weather and size and capacity of equipment needed to spread the compost on crop fields.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2001
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Rejected permit leads to composting site acquisitions
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A description is presented of the action taken by logging company S&H Logging when it was denied a permit for a composting site in Taulatin, Oregon. The company's decision to purchase two composting businesses is discussed.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2001
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