Agreement Number
NR211106XXXXG001
Awardee Name
Northern Tilth
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Optimizing On-Farm Composting Practices in Connecticut
Awardee State/Territory
Connecticut
Involved States/territories
Connecticut
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$63,096.00
Production/Use
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Conservation Practice(s)
Composting Facility
Project Background
This project will involve working with six farms in Connecticut that have existing on-farm composting operations in order to minimize environmental impacts of the compost operations and maximize the quality of the finished compost. All of the farms included in this project have worked with the CT NRCS in the past, some of them have received cost-share funding from the NRCS for compost-related practices. The goal of the project is to develop a Compost Optimization Practice that would provide technical support to NRCS client-farms in order to improve the nutrient management and water quality benefits associated with composting manure and other organic matter-based by-products.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No