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Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More highlights 15 farm operations and six different composting technologies from low- to high-tech. Special emphasis is placed on retrofitting farm equipment to perform compost tasks. This video will be useful to farmers, producer advisors, extension educators, and soil and water conservation district staff. The video also addresses compost-specific equipment, renting and leasing equipment, and high-tech compost operations. This video can be used in its entirety or as short individual case studies. It was produced by the Cornell Waste Management Institute and funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE). (2001)

Composting can be an effective tool in the proper management of nutrients and also a critical part of keeping livestock farms sustainable. A variety of approaches to composting are successfully used on farms for nutrient management as well as additional benefits, such as odor control, waste disposal, and income generation. Farm Based Composting: Manure and More, NRAES-150 ($19.00 plus S&H/sales tax; 38 minutes; 2001), explores six composting technologies from low- to high-tech: passively aerated static windrow/pile, turned windrow/pile, actively aerated static windrow/pile, vermicomposting, in-vessel composting, and anaerobic digestion.

The video features different composting technologies through profiles of fifteen farm operations in New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont. In this format, the video can be used in its entirety or as short individual case studies. Special emphasis is placed on equipment that is already found on farms and may be retrofitted for use in composting. Compost-specific equipment, rent/lease equipment, and high-tech compost operations are also shown. In addition to livestock manure, the farms profiled also demonstrate how to compost zoo manure, waste feed, crop residuals, leaf and yard waste, and food waste and food processing residuals. Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More, NRAES-150, will be useful to farmers, producer advisors, extension educators, soil and water conservation district staff, and others.

Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More, NRAES-150, was produced by the Cornell Waste Management Institute (CWMI), with Jean Bonhotal, Extension Associate, CWMI, as executive producer. The video was directed by Insights International, Inc. Partial funding was provided by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. Special thanks are extended to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; New York State Farm Bureau; Natural Resources Conservation Service; Cornell Cooperative Extension; Molly Moffe, Cornell Waste Management Institute; John Majercak, Center for Ecological Technology; and the participating farms.

The following farms are featured in Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More:

* Toad Hollow; Bill Guptill, South Onondaga, New York
* Waste Not Solutions; Brian Jerose, South Onondaga, New York
* Cornell Farm Services; Jean Bonhotal and Gary Tennant, Ithaca, New York
* Bear Path Farm; Bill Obear, Whately, Massachusetts
* Smith Vocational Agriculture High School; Tim Smith, Northampton, Massachusetts
* Scantic Valley Farm; Stanley Witkop, Northampton, Massachusetts
* McEnroe Organic Farm; Ray McEnroe, Amenia, New York
* Vermont Natural Ag. Products, Inc.; Jeff Graves and Jim Foster, Middlebury, Vermont
* Earthworks; Robert Walker, Claverack, New York
* Adams Farm; Mark Adams, Naples, New York
* Patterson Farm; Connie and Julie Patterson, Union Springs, New York
* Fessenden Farm; King Ferry, New York
* Aman Farm; Robert Aman, Candor, New York
* Kreher's Egg Farm; Brett and Hal Kreher, Clarence, New York
* Country Butcher; Jeff Gulliver and Darci Gulliver, Union Springs, New York

Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More, NRAES-150, is available for $19.00 per copy from NRAES, Cooperative Extension, PO Box 4557, Ithaca, New York 14852-4557. Quantity discounts are available. The shipping and handling charge is $4.25 for a single copy within the continental United States. New York residents, add sales tax (calculated on both the cost of publications and the shipping and handling charges. Click here for more information.) If ordering more than one copy or if ordering from outside the United States, please contact NRAES for shipping rates. Orders from outside the United States must be prepaid in U.S. funds. Major credit cards are accepted, and checks should be made payable to NRAES. For additional information or for a free publications catalog, contact NRAES by phone at (607) 255-7654, by fax at (607) 254-8770, by e-mail at nraes@cornell.edu. To learn more about NRAES and browse through our entire catalog, visit our web site at www.nraes.org.

For more information on composting and other solid waste issues, contact:

Cornell Waste Management Institute
Cornell University
100 Rice Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-5601
Phone: (607) 255-1187
Fax: (607) 255-8207
E-mail: cwmi@cornell.edu
Web site: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/