Web Resources on Farm-Scale
and Large-Scale Composting

The Composting Council is an industry council that promotes industrial, commercial and home composting as an alternative solution to landfilling of organic wastes including biosolids, livestock wastes, food processing wastes, and paper wastes. It has commissioned a number of useful reports; a selection of publications are listed at its website: http://www.compostingcouncil.org

http://www.compost.org/

Cornell University Composting Home Page
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/

On-Farm Composting Handbook
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/OnFarmHandbook/coverpg.html

Agricultural Composting: A Feasibility Study for New York Farms
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/feas.study.html

MSW Composting Fact Sheets
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/MSW.FactSheets/msw.fs.toc.html

MSW Operator's Fact Sheets
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/Fact.sheets/Fact.sheet.TOC.html

Cornell Composting Resources and Publications
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/Compost_Resources.html

The Science and Engineering of Composting
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/science.html

Woods End Agricultural Institute on-line articles and publications:

Basis for Interpretation of Compost Analyses
http://www.woodsend.org/interp2.pdf

Bavarian On-Farm Composting
http://www.woodsend.org/ebersbe.pdf

The Dewar Self-Heating Procedure
http://www.woodsend.org/dewar.pdf

Sustainability of Modern Composting: Intensification Versus Costs and Quality
http://www.woodsend.org/sustain.pdf

Compost Use for Control of Powery Mildew (Uncinula necator)
http://www.woodsend.org/will2.pdf

Volatile Organic Acids in Compost
http://www.woodsend.org/voa-new2.pdf

Dynamic Chemical Processes in Biodynamic Horn-Manure Preparation
http://www.woodsend.org/bd_500.pdf

Living Compost - Living Carbon
http://www.woodsend.org/live-com.pdf

EPA Solid Waste Management: Composting Resources
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/

Innovative Uses of Compost: Disease Control For Plants and Animals
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/disease.txt

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/disease.pdf

Innovative Uses of Compost: Erosion Control, Turf Remediation, and Landscaping
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/erosion.txt
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/erosion.pdf

Innovative Uses of Compost: Reforestation, Wetlands Restoration, and Habitat Revitalization
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/reforest.txt
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/reforest.pdf

Analysis of Composting as an Environmental Remediation Technology

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/analysis.txt

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) publications

Compost Teas for Plant Disease Control (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/comptea.html

Worms for Composting (Vermicomposting) (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/vermicom.html

Disease Suppressive Potting Mixes (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/dspotmix.html

Organic Potting Mixes (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/potmix.html

Alternative Nematode Control (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/nematode.html

Sources for Organic Fertilizers and Amendments (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/orgfert.html

Other Notable Compost Web Links

Composting Animal Manures: Precautions and Processing
University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/publications/freepubs/pdf/AWM-1.pdf

In-Vessel Composting Research & Development and Rotating Tank In-Vessel Composting Demonstrations, Texas A&M University
http://www.TAMU-commerce.edu/coas/agscience/dept-res.html

Organic Composting for Horticultural Use
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
http://www2.ncsu.edu/bae/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ebae171_93.html

Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/pubs/wastemgt/g1315.htm

Utilization of Organic Wastes: On-farm Composting
West Virginia University Extension Service
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/wastmang/utiliow.htm

A Cost Analysis of Municipal Yard Waste Composting
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/resources/economics/compost/

Large Scale Utilization and Composting of Yard Waste
University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/he/he02700.pdf

D.M. Linton's Environmental Engineering Notebook: Compost Links
http://www.mgl.ca/~dlinton/current/compost.shtml

Effect of Windrow Composting on Weed Seed Germination and Viability
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/research/ari/matching/96-97/96m018.html

Internet Recycling and Composting Resource Page
http://www.recycle.cc/resource.htm

Low Cost Compost Screener
Producer Grant, Southern Region SARE
http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/compostmixer/

Compost Software
downloads of Excel and Lotus spreadsheets. The spreadsheets have built in equations to solve compost mixture calculations for up to 4 ingredients. Spreadsheets are provided in Macintosh and DOS/Windows formats.
Compost Mixture Calculation Spreadsheets: http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/download.html