Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Kathy Moore" <anichinimoore@hotmail.com>]

The manure extraction/methane plant in Tillamook said the nutrients remained 
after the gas was extracted.  They said they had the residual fibers and 
liquids analyzed, but, I don't have the results available.  I remember that 
they had spin off horticulture businesses spring up around them as a result 
of the available compost.

Maybe I should try to contact them again for more information?  BioCycle 
arranged the tour so they may have the information also.  I'll inquire with 
Biocycle first to see if they can refer me to some other resources.
Thank you,
Kathy Moore


From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
Reply-To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing 
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To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Fertilizer use by crop in Brazil
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:52:35 -0600


Don't know on that. Of course cleaning up the rivers and the nitrate runoff 
is highly desirable.  I do agree corporate farming will go on in some form 
in some places. I believe however that composting manure after the biogas 
removal process would require added nitrogen in some form for complete 
breakdown.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster 
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On 4/28/2006 at 8:19 AM Kathy Moore wrote:

>Thank you, I will check out my copy of Rodale's book.  However, what I
>was
>actually trying to figure out is if under factory farm conditions where in
>OK and TX I see large mountains of malaordorous manure that are piled
>without composting efforts, if it would be preferable to promote methane
>capture then composting to reduce the nitrogen, etc.  runoff or leaching
>into the ground water?
>
>I don't think corporate farming is going away and it would seem methane
>extraction, etc. could be  a collaborative method of reducing the negative
>effects of the manure mountains while promoting composting after methane
>extraction.  I saw this in Tillamook, Oregon with multiple dairy farmers
>and
>it cleaned up several rivers and the bay.  If I'm missing something,
>please
>steer me in another direction.
>Thanks,
>Kathy Moore
>


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