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Converting 21 Tons of Daily Manure to Nitrogen-Rich Compost Offers Numerous Benefits It’s hard for the average person to comprehend what a flock of 380,000 chickens actually looks like. But for Douglas Lesher, that’s just his average day at the office. Representing the fourth generation of Leshers in Pennsylvania poultry farming, he carried this familyRead more

Biological Boost from Harvest Quest Transforms Food Waste Recycling Operations Municipal composting has become fairly commonplace across the United States. As states pass bans on landfilling various organic materials, the obvious outcome for most communities is to establish a compost yard. The success of these operations, however, is mixed at best. For some, the resultsRead more

Site Achieves Faster Curing, Better Decomposition, with Help from Harvest Quest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is definitely farm country. This mostly rural region a few dozen miles west of Philadelphia has certainly seen its share of suburban growth, but it will always be an agriculture powerhouse for the state. And the primary agricultural activity is livestock;Read more

Reducing Curing Time by 66 Percent Expands Potential for Food Waste, Biosolids Composting Mesa County, Colorado has been operating their composting site for more than two decades now. Founded as a means to divert standard yard and landscape waste from the landfill, the community has been steadily leaning on their expertise over the years toRead more

Veteran Colorado Composter Expands Use of Harvest Quest Colorado-based A1 Organics Reduces Compostable Contaminants with 90-Day MSAP Pile Method More than 20 years ago, Bob Yost was there with Harvest Quest Chief Technical Officer Darren Midlane and his partner, the late Andrew Gregory, just as they were developing the initial formula for their microbial inoculant.Read more

Municipality Overcomes Skepticism to Transform from Compost Rookie to National Leader Charleston County, South Carolina opened their compost facility in 1989. Back then, the concept was quite visionary and progressive—the idea of a municipality operating a compost site was still rather nascent. But for the first 20 years the outcome was moderate at best, asRead more

Sometimes a huge setback is actually a major opportunity in disguise. Doesn’t make it any easier to weather, but in hindsight the outcome is clearly more favorable than the original goal. Tom Kirkland went through such an experience nearly 20 years ago, and Bay Mulch is much better for it today. The Florida-based operation wasRead more

Southeast Soils in Sumter County, Florida may be a relatively new business, but their expertise is rooted in years of experience, technology, and research. As a result, the compost and soil amendments they produce are highly desired not only for their nutrient value but their ability to prevent disease and ultimately, reduce costs. “Compost andRead more