Comments on: Shooting for the Stars

By: mcorreia

mcorreia — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:46:30 +0000

I didn’t mean to disrespect all you conservationists out there. However you categorize yourself – conservationist, environmentalist or food activist – you’re all admirable, remarkable human beings in my book. Thanks for writing and keeping me on my toes.

By: johnvturner

johnvturner — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:57:20 +0000

Environmentalists and “food activists” aren’t the only people who compost – conservationists (among whom I count myself) also compost and have been doing so since before “environmentalists” or “food activists” even existed!

I just thought you should know.

By: mcorreia

mcorreia — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:12:48 +0000

Thanks, Antonio, for writing. The post refers to composting in the most general sense, meaning the decomposition of food. Although I’m not an expert, composting has to be “aerobic” or has to include air in order for food to decompose properly and into high-grade soil for plants and gardens. Thanks for the link from the EPA, the organization with the ultimate say on the subject.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:10:43 +0000

Is it the Aerobic composting the method used?

I did not know what it was, but I found a definition in the glossary of an Australian website http://www.emrc.org.au. Aerobic composting is the controlled biological decomposition of organic materials under aerobic conditions, accomplished in open windrows or open static piles.
There is also this link from the EPA about composting http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/composting/basic.htm