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MONTPELIER The Natural Resources Board has told Karl Hammer to halt operations at Vermont Compost Co., located on Main Street a few miles outside of the state's capital city. Hammer's company, along ...

Brooke Salvaggio, co-owner of Urbavore Urban Farms, waters a cover crop in late August. The farm's gardens get a heavy dose of compost collected at their operation. Yet the farm has been dealing with ...

I kept a compost bin going for almost three years. I turned it, watered it, balanced my greens and browns, and still ended up with a soggy, pest-attracting mess that produced almost nothing useful.

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