In a study released by the Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative, which was hosted on the Shore last week by Eastern Shorekeeper, poultry litter ash and biochar sources appear to be suitable and comparable phosphorus and potassium fertilizers for crops for our soils in the Mid-Atlantic. Other groups concerned about the manure problem on the Eastern Shore, such as the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, who has funded other studies around finding ways to convert manure and litter into ‘value added products’.
The Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative was launched in 2012 to demonstrate and objectively evaluate manure-based energy systems operating on several private farms in the Chesapeake Bay region and has focused on farm-scale thermochemical (thermal) systems. [Read more…]