The 2021 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit included a variety of FREE virtual events (webinars, facilitated online discussion groups, and other potential activities) celebrating the value of compost and the many ways it supports the health of the environment, the people and the economy. This year's Summit in conjunction with International Compost Awareness Week.
Friday's virtual tour was at Black Dirt Farm, a diversified family farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. They collect food scraps from a wide variety of businesses and institutions in their community/ region, and use that material as a component of the compost forage it produces for its 1,000 bird flock of laying hens. What isn't consumed by the birds is then used to make compost and worm castings. The farm also grows a small number of crops. Their farm is firmly based in regenerative agricultural practices and the creation of sustainable food systems. Black Dirt Farm is committed to a community-scale, systems-based approach to organics management. Tom has played a wide variety of roles in the agricultural and composting sectors for 25 years.
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