HCL Machine Works & Composting News

Come visit us at the World Ag Expo this February in Tulare, California:

We will be in booth# S-63 and S-65. We look forward to seeing you at the show.

A sense of humus
California's agricultural producers are finding innovative ways of using clean green yard trimmings being diverted from landfills

BY KARIN GROBE
Reprinted from California Farmer March 1996
  "Clean green" yard trimmings-prunings, lawn clippings and brush collected by landscapers and gardeners-are finding their way into wide use as an agricultural input in California. State recycling mandates have spurred cities to start separate collection of yard trimmings. The increased availability of clean green has motivated farmers to develop innovative ways of using it in their growing operations.
    Small and large row crop growers have started on-farm composting operations. Packaged salad and vegetable processors have set up their own composting facilities, mixing clean green with vegetable culls prior to composting. Large municipal composting operations have sprung up on the urban fringe, making compost products that are inching their way into agricultural markets.
Owner's Report On "Making Compost"
By Jim Houtsma, Associate Editor

Reprinted from FarmShow Vol. 22, No. 3, 1998

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