Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs, New Hampshire. Recipe development for chicken manure composting operation for New England’s largest producer of organic eggs. Recipe maximizes use of by-products generated on the farm and…
Northeastern U.S. Client, Northern Tilth developed a sampling and analytical plan for determining the characteristics of collected source separated organics (SSO) as it as-generating potential andthe occurrence of physical relates to biogcontaminants in…
In collaboration with Dr. Sally Brown, Northern Tilth conducted extensive research and interviews to complete a literature review and analysis for the Compost Council Research & Education Foundation (CCREF) with…
Provided a comprehensive soil amendment characterization of an anaerobically digested food processing by-product. The study included a determination of nitrogen mineralization rates, phosphorus and potassium availability and the impact of the…
Otter River Farm, Winchendon, MA. Worked with Otter River Farm to design a 10,000 ton per year covered composting operation. Successfully procured grant money from the USDA NRCS and Massachusetts Department…
In collaboration with RMI and with the support of a grant from the USDA’s Conservation Innovation Grants program, Northern Tilth has initiated field trials on farms in Vermont and New Hampshire…
Northern Tilth has been working extensively with Resource Management, Inc. of Holderness, NH to develop and improve the quality of topsoils manufactured from paper mill residuals and otherwise low-value sand…
In association with Coker Composting & Consulting, Integrated Waste Management Consulting and Tech Environmental, Northern Tilth completed an organics recycling feasibility study investigating collections, processing and marketing for residential and…
Northern Tilth completed two years of agricultural and topsoil blending field trials for FMC BioPolymer, a carrageenan manufacturing plant that generates 23,000 tons per year of Algefiber, a spent-seaweed by-product. Prior to…
Permitted and implemented a pilot program using seaweed shakings as a substitute for road salt in sand/salt blends for road de-icing projects in Maine.