Open-air composting

Steven Lown­des, per­sonal farmer, ex­plains the im­por­tance of com­post­ing. Peat, also known as turf, is one of the most rec­om­mended ma­te­rial in com­post­ing. It is an ac­cu­mu­la­tion of par­tially de­cayed veg­e­ta­tion or or­ganic mat­ter. It is unique to nat­u­ral ar­eas called peat­lands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.

Wood dust or wood par­ti­cles take a long time to com­post, so it is sug­gested to use peat, hay or straw and other veg­etable mat­ter.

Open-air com­post at Perho Green City Farm

Com­post­ing is an ex­tremely im­por­tant part of our food pro­duc­tion chain, of­ten for­got­ten since its at the end, and af­ter the eas­i­est part in the chain. We should take com­post­ing se­ri­ously, not only since good clean com­post can make most of us smile.

Re­spon­si­ble com­post­ing is one of the main el­e­ments miss­ing from mod­ern agri­cul­tural and food pro­cess­ing in­dus­tries.

Open-air com­post­ing at Perho Green City Farm