Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Grants And Education To Advance Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture

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
Freunds' Farm, Inc.

Compost Planting Pots

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.

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