On-Farm Community-Scale Food Scrap & Agricultural Organic Waste Management in Vermont & New Hampshire
Funded by a USDA Rural Utility Services Solid Waste Management Grant Program
The purpose of this project is to reduce solid waste, avoid water pollution, and increase soil health by providing technical support and training for community-scale food scrap composting and manure management on farms in rural and small communities in Vermont and New Hampshire. While developed and extended to farmers in these two states, the toolkit and remote training resources will serve as a model and be applicable to rural small-scale farming communities throughout the U.S.
Our first group meeting was held on 22 March 2022.
Webinar Agenda:
00:00 Introduction to project and participants
16:42 Community-Oriented Food Scrap Composting Models & Science
24:27 Compost Systems
56:44 Site Plan & Layout
1:08:50 Next Steps & Q and A
Downloads (pdfs):
Virtual (video) tour of Black Dirt Farm, with Tom Gilbert, in Stannard, VT
Upcoming Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (May 2-6, 2022)