Re: Herbicide in Compost

From: Roberto Verzola (rverzola@phil.gn.apc.org)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:47:00 EDT


>This growing season has been a difficult one for a few of us here in
>the Northwest. Two large commercial composting facilities have
>produced and sold compost contaminated with a broad-leaf herbicide
>which was not degraded in the composting process. Nurseries have lost
>stock and reputation, gardeners and small-scale farmers have lost
>crops. There is no doubt that the problem is an herbicide. We believe
>it may be clopyralid but we are not sure and testing is continuing.
>
>Peggy Adams

Do not exclude the possibility of intentional sabotage. There are
enough people who hate organic farmers.

Roberto Verzola

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