• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Search Projects
  • Help
  • Log in

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Grants And Education To Advance Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture
  • Grants
  • Project Reports
    • Search Projects
    • Search Project Coordinators
  • Learning Center
  • Professional Development
  • State Programs
  • Events
  • Newsroom
  • About SARE

Project Overview

FNE99-243
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 1999: $700.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2000
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $4,000.00
Region: Northeast
State: Connecticut
Project Leader:
Matthew Freund
Email
Freunds' Farm, Inc.

Compost Planting Pots

View the project final report

Commodities

  • Animal Products: dairy

Practices

  • Education and Training: demonstration
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, feasibility study, value added

Proposal summary:

The objective of the project is to research and develop a cost effective molding process to make planting pots from composted or raw manure. The second objective is to test the use of those pots in a greenhouse setting.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.

Primary Sidebar

Footer

SARE - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education USDA
1122 Patapsco Building | University of Maryland | College Park, MD 20742-6715

This site is maintained by SARE Outreach for the SARE program and features research projects supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. SARE Outreach operates under cooperative agreement award No. 2018-38640-28731 with the University of Maryland to develop and disseminate information about sustainable agriculture. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education © 2019
Help | Contact us