RE: Composting animal parts

Dr. H. Michael Simmons (simmonsm@bloomington.in.us)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:31:36 -0500 (EST)

The principal reason for not including fats in composting operations is
that the fat will coat particles in the compost and inhibit the
decomposition process.

Michael

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H. Michael Simmons, Ph.D.
Director
Community Garden Project
Bloomington Parks and Recreation
P.O. Box 848
Bloomington, IN 47402
(812)349-3737
FAX (812)349-3705

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Cole, Ralph wrote:

> Composting - I'm not "Mr. Compost", but we compost all of our offal and
> feathers from poultry and rabbit processing days. Composting poultry
> mortalities is a NRCS subsidized recommendation. Several states have
> booklets describing the procedures. Seems like I have seen precautions
> against placing fat in small (home-scale) compost bins, but don't recall the
> rationale.
>
> Grace to you.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Schmitmeyer [SMTP:ps@erinet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:42 AM
> > To: Sanet
> > Subject: Rumenants
> >
> > Hi all,
> > If the small garden marketer cannot have cattle(dairy or beef), is it
> > possible that many of them could have a goat or two. Doesn't have to be a
> > cow, just a rumanant.
> >
> > Right???
> >
> > Match the rumenant with the land.
> > Someone want to help me out with this?
> >
> > Also one other thing. Can anyone explain to me why it is that they don't
> > recommend any meat scraps in the compost?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> >
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