Gordon Black reports from Washington State on one county’s attempt to make yard waste compost a marketable product. The owners of Land Recovery, Incorporated knew that compost from the yard waste of Pierce County wasn’t likely to fetch a top price on the market ? so they’ve enriched the compost with pest-fighting microbes to make a combined fertilizer and pesticide that’s chemical-free.
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