Naturcycle is pleased to offer registered landscape architects American Institute of Architects (AIA) continuing education or professional development hours. Over the last three years, we have spoken with dozens of firms about the best ways to specify compost and engineered soils. We can come to your office, provide lunch, discuss and educate your team [...]
Naturcycle is proud to announce a new compost partner. The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority in Northern New Jersey operates two compost facilities permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection. These large compost sites take in local leaves, grass and brush to make a high quality natural compost. They utilize Scarab windrow turners, monitor [...]
From Modern Farmer... "For James McSweeney, compost is the new black — black gold, that is. McSweeney, a composting consultant, shares his passion and expertise for this soil-building, job-creating, local-food-growing and planet-saving material in his new book, Community-Scale Composting Systems: A Comprehensive Practical Guide for Closing the Food System Loop and Solving Our Waste [...]
Naturcycle talks often about the benefits of green roof media and the dangers of high organic matter in roof soils. Even as we educate landscape architects and contractors about what quality, consistent, soil-less media should be, we still see factors like cost or time driving bad choices. Pictured below is what happens if you [...]
By Charles Duprey, President & Founder, Naturcycle I was recently in New York City and came across these planters. Planters are a tricky environment. They are small spaces relative to what’s planted in them. They are finite by nature and not a true ecosystem. They are nature optimized and boiled down to 10 feet [...]
The photos above of are various projects around New York City. Many owners and architects do not understand the danger that blends with very high organic matter content can present. Looking at these site photos shows the inherent problem. Media for roofs and planters that is very high in compost quickly end up like [...]
The United Nations Organization for Food & Agriculture made some interesting connections back in 2015, the "Year of Soil," linking healthy soils to people's health, and guess what? Compost adds all those micro- and macro-nutrients listed in the graphic above to depleted soils. Closing this loop returning our wastes from WWTP or food scraps [...]
In February, it's good to remember that healthy soils are driven by many factors. These healthy soils produce more food, higher quality food, and protect our waterways by keeping soils in place. To achieve these healthy soils, we can add organic matter from good sources like compost! Cornell and New York State have a [...]
The Composting Council Research & Education Foundation invested in an important report that continues its commitment to research and education of compost users and producers. A detailed research paper was produced featuring the current literature on soluble salts in compost and soils. You can learn more about what electrical conductivity means for compost, like [...]
The US Composting Council and its STA Director Hillary Nichols have done a great job revamping their YouTube Channel. The Market Development Committee is working to add new content and expand our reach promoting compost uses and understanding. Check out this improved site here.
