Re: Help! Model Ordinances, Direct Marketing Farmer Surveys

donovan (donovan@koyote.com)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:43:31 -0500

I don't know. Add some vermiculite, a little peat or coir, some lava
sand, alfalfa meal etc., bag it up and sell it as some dandy potting
soil. Value added. Should work, especially if the farmers market also
features plants.

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> From: Cary Oshins <coshin@rodaleinst.org>
> To: atlintlcom@mindspring.com; MariavHM@aol.com
> Cc: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu; compost list
<compost@listproc.wsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Help! Model Ordinances, Direct Marketing Farmer
Surveys
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 1:29 PM
>
> Clarence walker wrote:
> >Maria, Would it be appropriate for producers of professionally and
> >safely made composts to take their composted organics to such
markets as
> >a means of reaching the farmers and possibly even educating those
who
> >are interested in the value of composting as an alternative to
> >landfills?
>
> Clarence, while it would be acceptable to sell compost at a
farmer's market,
> it would hardly be economical.
> Cary Oshins
> Rodale Institute
> coshin@rodaleinst.org