As Seen on TV
March 8, 2012
Grab some popcorn and check out our newest release on YouTube: a feature on Harvest Power by Terry Bradshaw’s Business Day TV! You may recall back in May 2011 when we told you the City of Vancouver is making valiant strides to be the Greenest City by 2020. The other municipalities are also on board Read more...
Digging into the Harvest Landscape Calculator iPhone App
February 23, 2012
Did you know that Harvest developed a Landscape Calculator iPhone app to help calculate how much mulch, compost, soil or stone you will need for your next landscaping project? And it is free! To use it, simply enter the depth on the handy slider rule, add in the area of the project and poof! It Read more...
“Throw in the Know” – Four Tips for Savvy Sorting
February 16, 2012
At Harvest Power, we talk a lot about Source Separated Organics, Zero Waste programs, and putting organic materials to their highest and best use. The beauty of these programs are that the power to make a difference lies in our hands: By sorting our waste efficiently – food scraps, yard trimmings, recycling, and landfill-bound materials Read more...
Serving Up An Extreme Soup Kitchen
November 17, 2011
All eyes will be glued to the TV this Friday as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition serves up a 2-hour Thanksgiving Special with the story of the Dunning Family from Delaware. An earthquake and a hurricane threatened to stop the project, but volunteers from Sussex County Delaware rallied together to build a soup kitchen. Date: Friday Read more...
Harvest Expands “Organics Operating System” with Acquisition of Leading Soil & Mulch Manufacturer Coastal Supply
September 6, 2011
Harvest recently turned heads with its acquisition of Coastal Supply, a Delaware-based soil and mulch manufacturer. From the press release: “Coastal Supply, now known as Harvest Garden Pro, operates a robust, award-winning network of manufacturing facilities for bagged soils, mulches and stone. Each year its products and services support over one million gardens throughout 14 Read more...
COOL 2010
December 21, 2010
Calling attention to a website that recently caught our eye: “Compostable Organics Out of Landfills by 2012” or “COOL2012″ holds tons of juicy information about organic waste, greenhouse gas emissions, composting and anerobic digestion. We’ve added it to our SSO (Source Separated Organics) Superhero Toolkit, which keeps growing with tips and tools of the organic waste Read more...
What did I ask for this year? Clean energy instead of a lump of coal!
December 17, 2010
We are in the throes of the holiday season and the giving spirit has awakened in many – including Uncle Sam. Today Congress passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Jobs Creation Act of 2010. Among the many generous provisions included is tax relief for renewable energy – a much appreciated gesture given Congress’s Read more...
BioEnergy 2010 fair reveals new biogas engine
November 30, 2010
Earlier this month, the UK hosted its BioEnergy 2010 fair in Hanover where a new six-cylinder biogas engine made its debut. According to TransportEngineer.org, the gas-powered in-line E2876 LE 202 engine produced by MAN uses 50 percent methane content and is based on the company’s E2876 series. It contains a single-stage exhaust turbocharger and two-stage Read more...
Tips for a Thankful, Thoughtful, Compostful Thanksgiving
November 18, 2010
It’s that time of year, and if there is one thing Americans do well the fourth Thursday of November (and Canadians on the second Monday in October), it’s eat. Whether you prefer a 20-pound butterball or Tofurkey (for the herbivores among us), sweet potatoes or yams, the truth is we’ve made a holiday centered on Read more...
SSO Superhero: Babe O’Sullivan, Portland (OR) Recycles Coordinator
November 17, 2010
In and around Portland, Oregon more than 450 business locations divert food scraps from the solid waste stream to the tune of 20,000 tons annually. That’s 20,000 tons of material that would otherwise end up in a landfill, and 20,000 tons of organic matter that is converted into a valuable new product: compost. Portland launched Read more...
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