Organic Materials Management

Would you like some help with composting but are short on labor? Let your chickens do the work! At Garden to Table Silicon Valley Community Farm in San Jose they create a mound, or “Chicken Mountain”, of agricultural scraps and sprouted seeds for the flock, where the chickens eagerly peck and…

If you like the idea of composting but aren't so keen on the labor needed to regularly turn a compost pile, aerobic static pile (ASP) composting may be for you.

Biosolids, the nutrient-rich organic materials resulting from the treatment of sewage sludge, have long posed a challenge for waste management. Recent regulatory changes have complicated the issue, discouraging the once-common practice of using biosolids for landfill cover.

Biochar, the product of charring wood under low oxygen conditions, shares many properties with activated charcoal, a common component of at-home water purifiers.

Our site at Martial Cottle Park for demonstrating small-scale composting and vermicomposting was the focus of this recent feature article and video by UCANR Strategic Communications: News & Events - Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources...