Naturcycle staff recently visited Newmarket Farm, the newest rooftop farm in Boston, Massachusetts, which was designed around our Urban Agriculture Green Roof Media, a specialized blend optimized for intense rotational agriculture in deep planters. This blend is free of weed seeds and contains a balance of natural minerals, silt, and clay. High in organic matter, [...]
Ron Alexander writes about a study conducted to compare countertop food dehydrators to commercial composting of food scraps: A recent study processed a consistent mixture of food scraps in different electric food scrap processing appliances, then through analysis of the output product, attempted to determine the extent to which the composting process or biological degradation [...]
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances have been in the news a lot recently. Commonly known as PFAS, these synthetic chemicals are manufactured for use in a wide variety of products across many industries. Several claims have been made regarding their potential impact on human health and the environment, particularly relating to wastewater and compost. Dr. Sally [...]
Naturcycle not only manufactures our own line of excellent engineered soil and green roof media products, but we also provide custom blending services to meet the design criteria of landscape architects. At the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, we worked closely with SCAPE to meet their lightweight soil needs for these new [...]
Thursday, June 6th, 2024, is World Green Roof Day. One of the most promising tools to protect and enhance our environment, particularly in urban areas, green roofs offer many different benefits, including mitigating the heat island effect, managing stormwater, improving building insulation, and creating beautiful biophilic spaces for people to experience nature. Green roofs also [...]
The Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) is a non-profit organization that advocates for compost and composters nationwide “to advance composting technologies, practices, and beneficial uses that support resource conservation and economic and environmental sustainability.” Some of the activities that CREF is committed to include: Increase awareness and educate the public through supporting public outreach [...]
Rooftop farming has seen increasing adoption in major cities across the United States. As a leading manufacturer of green roof media designed specifically for urban agriculture, Naturcycle implemented a research experiment at the Boston Medical Center Rooftop Farm to analyze the effects of these specialty blends across a range of crop cultivation parameters. The research [...]
Last month, Naturcycle traveled to Daytona Beach for the Annual Conference & Trade Show of the United States Composting Council. COMPOST2024 featured equipment demonstrations, exhibitors, a full lineup of speakers and panel discussions, the annual awards ceremony, as well as several workshops and tours. This year, Naturcycle founder and president Charles Duprey presented on the [...]
This article by Al Key of DeepRoot is an excellent look at the history, use, and effectiveness of sand based structural soil (SBSS) for urban tree plantings, and research conducted on the performance of Silva Cells in comparison. At Naturcycle, our experience is that for most applications, Silva Cells are the superior option to maximize [...]
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) proudly presents the GRHC Corporate Member Legacy Award to Naturcycle, LLC, in recognition of their outstanding commitment to advancing the green roof and wall industries. (Visit the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities website to view the full press release.) The GRHC Corporate Member Legacy Award is given to companies that have [...]
