Certified organic farm relies on compost

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Fresh Aire Farms, situated 50 miles northwest of Dayton, OH, processes between 2,000 cubic yards a year and 3,000 cubic yards a year of feedstocks. The feedstocks include horse manure, poultry litter and cattle manure. Windrows are created on a 1.5 acre graded site, with piles being turned with a tractor-pulled compost turner with capacity of 1,200 cubic yards an hour. Around 70% of the finished compost is applied to the farm's own land, but off-farm markets have been expanding, and 25% of total revenues now come from composting.

Agricultural industry, Waste management, Fresh Aire Farms

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Packaging innovation spawns business opportunity

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Norman Levine's fitness equipment manufacturing firm, NOL Products Inc., decided to convert thousands of corrugated board boxes into a useful commodity. Levine designed a shredder with the help of an expert from the paper packing industry to convert cardboards into a recyclable packing material called Corru-Fill. Levine is planning to market the shredder that produces Corru-Fill.

Innovations, Packaging

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Making a reality of biogas potential

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A BioCycle report highlighted on how the knowledge base, technology breakthroughs and supportive public policies strengthen the infrastructure for biomass energy. Zhiqin Zhang of the California Energy Commission reported latest biogas recovery developments from the state's Public Energy Research (PIER) renewable program.

Europe, Science & research, Management dynamics, Research, Management, Company business management, Biomass energy, Biogas

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