Last April, we shared the results of a research study conducted to compare a Naturcycle growing media to other planting blends in a rooftop urban agriculture setting. The results from the second year of the study are now available. . . . this research project provided information about the difference in crop cultivation and efficiency [...]
As part of their ongoing Soil Builders initiative, the Composting Association of Vermont is partnering with Compost for Good to host a pair of free workshops in Whallonsburg, NY. Register today to learn how to “use compost to improve water quality in the Lake Champlain Basin.” Naturcycle founder and president Charles Duprey will be [...]
The Naturcycle team had a great experience in Phoenix this week at COMPOST2025, the annual conference held by the US Composting Council. Along with equipment demonstrations and networking opportunities, there were presentations on a variety of important topics, including community composting, potting mix research, plant response to compost, artificial intelligence [...]
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 [...]
