Compost, Vermicompost, and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook)

by Grace Gershuny

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Part of the NOFA Guides series.  Information on composting techniques, including: Principles and biology of composting Temperature, aeration and moisture control Composting methods Materials (additives and inoculants, biodynamic preparations) About costs (site preparation, equipment, labor and time) What do you do with it? Compost tea and other brewed microbial cultures Compost and the law With extended appendices including a recipe calculator, potting mix recipes, and a sample compost show more production budget sheet. show less

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Grace Gershuny is co-author of The Soul of Soil and has written extensively on soil, compost, and food system issues. As a staff member of USDA's National Organic Program in the 1990s she helped develop the organic regulations. She lives in Barnet, Vermont and is a long time faculty member with the Institute for Social Ecology.

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Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Food & Cooking
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631.8Applied science & technologyAgricultureSpecific techniques; apparatus, equipment, materialsFertilizers, soil conditioners, growth regulators
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S661 .G45AgricultureAgriculture (General)Fertilizers and improvement of the soil
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