Compost and Erosion: Grow Good Soil
October 7, 2010
In addition to promoting plant growth, compost helps prevent erosion. That spells good news for our topsoils, which are currently on a slippery slope. In the U.S. it is estimated that for every unit of food we consume using the conventional agricultural methods employed in the U.S., six times that amount of topsoil is lost. Read more...
Compost and Soil Health
September 30, 2010
Flourishing gardens depend on healthy soils. Compost, designed by Mother Nature herself, enhances soil health naturally by improving its structure and increasing its nutrient content. Unlike chemical fertilizers that only include the basic elements required for plant growth, compost contains micronutrients and organic matter vital to the long-term health of the entire soil system. Soils Read more...
Are you composting all you can?
September 23, 2010
When it comes to composting it might be worth a second look at what’s hitting the compost pile. Sure you’ve got the basics down. The organic waste always makes it in – you know the goods from the garden and the discards from the dinner table. In case you need a refresher, here’s the sort Read more...
Compost Connections
September 23, 2010
Here at Harvest, we dig compost both figuratively and literally. Compost and all the ingredients that go into the act of composting interconnect with the health and sustainability of society. Over the next few weeks we’ll work from the bottom up to present vignettes of compost connections: roots, topsoil, fertilizers, food, water and energy, recycling Read more...
DOE grants $1 million to cleantech programs in New England
September 21, 2010
We can almost hear the cheering now. Cleantech just got a major boost of support. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $1 million grant to finance the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems’ TechBridge Program. As reported in the Boston Business Journal, this is a joint clean technology commercialization program encompassing the New England Read more...
Environmental management and communication: two keys to the future of animal agriculture
September 16, 2010
I can remember when farmer and rancher education programs centered on business and production skills. If you knew how to efficiently produce a product, manage your input costs, and market well, you were set. Of course, these skills could always be refined (and are still critical today), but producers who mastered those had a bright Read more...
Anaerobic digestion reduces greenhouse effect, according to scientists
August 26, 2010
According to a recent story in Idaho’s Lewiston Morning Tribune, researchers at Washington State University believe the key to reducing the greenhouse effect lies in a certain technology – anaerobic digestion. The energy created by this process is often the focus, but the article also notes that anaerobic digestion also creates what’s referred to as Read more...
Modesto dumps recycling program for composting
August 17, 2010
Earlier this week the blog GoingGreenatHome.com detailed the innovative ways the city of Modesto, Calif. plans to replace its recycling program with a full-scale composting plan, in full effect by the end of August. Residents separate their waste into regular trash and organic scraps – which includes yard clippings and food scraps that can be Read more...
Sustainability can save money, Ashden winners prove it
August 3, 2010
As energy solutions like biogas and anaerobic digestion continue to take root all across the world, countries are disproving the myth that these clean tech options must be costly to work. It isn’t so. And a recent feature article, Sustainability Paying for Itself: International Biogas and UK Home-Grown Energy Wins at the Ashden Awards, by Read more...
Harvest Power, Triple T Trucking work toward zero waste
July 8, 2010
Today, Harvest Power’s partnership with New Hampshire-based Triple T Trucking was featured in the Brattleboro Reformer. The story, by staff writer Chris Garofalo, presented plans to create an organics to energy and recycling station in the New England area that works toward a common goal of zero waste while creating renewable energy. Harvest CEO Paul Read more...
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