NERC Blog

Today’s blog features another case study of a farm compost operation which participated in NERC’s Compost Marketing project—Amend Organics in Amherst, Massachusetts

Today’s blog features another case study of a farm compost operation which participated in NERC’s Compost Marketing project—Always Something Farm in Croydon, New Hampshire.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans throw away about 35 percent of the turkey purchased for Thanksgiving meals and that does not include bones. More than 200 million pounds of meat (of a total of some 730 million pounds of fowl purchased overall) will end up in the garbage after the holiday meal. Apparently we buy too much and get tired of eating the leftovers. This article contains tips for creating less waste and practicing better food management this holiday season

A room full of people interested in organics leads to a lot of talking and networking! NERC’s Fall Conference “Organics Management in the Northeast – Its Time has Come!” was certainly great timing. More than 125 people gathered in Northampton, Massachusetts last week to hear presentations on a wide range of organics management topics.

The Public Library is the very essence of reuse.

Today’s blog features another case study of a farm compost operation which participated in NERC’s project— Fern Hill Compost in Red Creek, New York.

To expand and support farm-based compost markets in the Northeast, NERC was awarded a grant from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Resources developed by NERC for the project, as well as presentations from seven compost marketing workshops, are posted on NERC’s website. NERC provided technical assistance to farm compost operations, including development of operation-specific marketing plans. Today’s blog features a case study on Devine Gardens, a farm compost operation which participated in NERC’s project.

Today’s Guest Blog is by Dave Fusselman, owner of Fusselman Salvage Co., a metal recycling center in Moberly, Missouri. Every pound of recyclable material that escapes the trash bin is important – those pounds combine to create $87 billion in economic activity each year in the United States. When one thinks of recycling, the main benefit that comes to mind is decreasing environmental impacts and cutting down on natural resources, but it does way much more. Recycling creates jobs, societal benefits and overall improves the economy.

Part 2 of Robin Ingenthron’s Guest Blog continues his discussion of Adam Minter's upcoming book "Junkyard Planet" (along with a few other topics relating to electronics reuse and recycling).

Today’s Guest Blog is by Robin Ingenthron. It is a reposting from his Good Point Ideas Blog. This week Bloomberg BusinessWeek runs a whole chapter from Adam Minter's upcoming book "Junkyard Planet", which is coming out in November (but you can advance order it, as I have). I've only gotten through about a third of the article, and I'm already pleasantly stunned.