Awardee Name
THE RHODE ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY
Grant Type
State
Project Title
TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMICAL, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEADSTOCK DISPOSAL THROUGH SANITARY COMPOSTING
Awardee State/Territory
Rhode Island
Involved States/territories
Rhode Island
Award Year
2009
Project Background
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to develop and test the feasibility, effectiveness, acceptability, and sustainability of composting as a technique for animal carcass disposal on and around farms with the goal of protecting habitats from the effects of improper carcass and providing compost for use in farm/nursery activities or as a saleable farm product.
This project will address the economic viability of farms from several different angles. The voluntary sanitary composting of farm carcasses also addresses an important area of farm practice in a way that may be more acceptable to producers than a regulatory approach. The project will test a carcass disposal method that is based on substantial research and development by the Manitoba (Canada) Agriculture.
This project will address the economic viability of farms from several different angles. The voluntary sanitary composting of farm carcasses also addresses an important area of farm practice in a way that may be more acceptable to producers than a regulatory approach. The project will test a carcass disposal method that is based on substantial research and development by the Manitoba (Canada) Agriculture.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No