[UrbanCropCircle] Cedar Grove and meat in compost

[Sooz Appel]

I encourage people who are concerned about the new compost with meat products in it to address their concerns to Richard Conlin richard.conlin at seattle.gov    . He is the City Council person who is promoting zero waste and pushing the City to add more programs to get us there. His aide is Sara Nelson sara.nelson at seattle.gov    
Also, at the Seattle Public Utilities (the City dept which oversees all recycling, compost, etc.), contact  Marcia Rutan who handles community recycling efforts. She can direct you to the right person.  marcia.rutan at seattle.gov    Or Carl Woestwin   carl.woestwin at seattle.gov    Carl is a long-time Tilth person, who really cares about the quality of compost.

Sooz Appel
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle 
  To: Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle 
  Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] Cedar Grove and meat in compost


  Yeah, 

  I went to the recent workshop with Ann Lovejoy, and she was saying they seem to be getting a little too big to handle their compost without meat... it's a bit clumpier than before.... and we don't want compost with less than fully composted meat-- bleah (I'm a veg too.) Besides the veg bit...

  I'm wondering if we can see if they have some guidelines and standards that we can get for their planned meat inclusion, and if they will have a non-meat options (doubtful if they allow everyone to include meat.) I just wonder if they are really ready.

  Alison

  Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle <urbancropcircle at lists.sustainableballard.org> wrote:
    Hello fellow urban gardeners,
    Sky is a great source of soil. I miss the soil one could get from Denny Hill
    fuel at 90th and Aurora. Did you know you can get Ballard Tree Service &
    most other tree services to dump the contents of their closed trucks into
    your driveways? You can get yards of free wood chips for composting
    ornamentals. 

    I wanted to let you know that the City of Seattle is encouraging homeowners
    to put meat and other animal products into the yard waste containers
    starting in 2009. I am afraid that meat-tainted Cedar Grove compost (made
    with City of Seattle yard waste) will contain e.coli and possibly prions
    (Mad Cow disease.) Cows are forced to be cannibals and eat food up of other
    cows. I don't want to risk of using soil that contains prions that may cause
    Mad Cow disease. 

    I've written to the City and to Cedar Grove Compost. I would never THINK of
    putting animals meat scraps in my compost. I'm a vegetarian and an organic
    gardener. I'm considering canceling my yard waste contract with the City and
    never buying Cedar Grove Compost again. What do you all think? 

    Susan Helf 

    -----Original Message-----
    From: urbancropcircle-bounces at lists.sustainableballard.org
    [mailto:urbancropcircle-bounces at lists.sustainableballard.org] On Behalf Of
    Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle
    Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:22 PM
    To: Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle
    Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] Welcome to the UCC Group!

    Rhonda,

    Sky nursery in Shoreline on Hwy. 99 has good prices on dirt. When I was
    buying dirt for my tiny garden plot/patch, we filled up the back of my
    neighbors pick up truck with dirt and got a good bulk price. They have a
    backhoe and just dump it in for you.

    I am also excited to have other gardeners to talk with and learn from. I am
    learning as I go and am having a lot of fun with my little patch of earth.
    Swanson's Nursery has been really helpful and they often have Master
    Gardeners on hand to answer questions.

    Lisa


    On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Sustainable Ballard Urban Crop Circle wrote:

    >
    > Welcome everyone to Sustainable Ballard's Urban Crop Circle Gardening
    Group!
    >
    > I don't know about you, but I'm really excited about having folks to talk
    to about gardening. Even though I've read books and dabbled with planting
    things over the years, this year I'd like to really plant a garden. To that
    end, Jim and I are installing raised beds on the side of the house with the
    most sun. The next step is bringing home the dirt, and if anyone has
    suggestions for what kind of soil and where to get it from, I'd appreciate
    it!
    >
    > Do let me know if you have any suggestions for this group. It really
    belongs to all of us. If you have questions, or answers!, feel free to post
    them here.
    >
    > Thanks, Rhonda
    >
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