Plant A Row, Grow A Row

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 23
Composting Council of Canada develops a program that feeds the hungry, and promotes compost use.

Susan Antler

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Wood Processing Innovations

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 25
Grinder equipment modifications and product introductions reflect the growing demand for biomass fuel, and the need for processing more contaminated wood waste streams.

Rhodes Yepsen

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Historical Perspective: Farm Digesters

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 30
After various fits and starts over the past five decades, anaerobic digestion of manure is well-established and poised to grow.

Nora Goldstein

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BioCycle World

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 10

Senate Bill Promotes Biogas Production
A bipartisan group led by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska has introduced the Biogas Production Incentives Act of 2009, which would pursue greater production of biogas for energy purposes by providing a tax credit of $4.27 for every million British thermal units (mmBtu) of biogas produced.

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The Art Of Composting Fish Waste

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 19

Washington State facility purchases fish waste to process into a high value end product.

Rhodes Yepsen

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Slaughterhouse Composts Residuals, Reduces Expenses

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 21

Animal wastes composted more efficiently with new equipment and methods saves slaughterhouse $3,000/month.

Molly Farrell Tucker

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Developing Food Production Systems In Population Centers

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 27

Project at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan experiments with aquaponics and vermicomposting to increase food security.

Beth Jorgensen, Edward Meisel, Chris Schilling, David Swenson and Brian Thomas

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Cultivating Algae In Wastewater For Biofuel

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 36

New technologies are being designed to grow algae for their potential to produce more oil per acre than corn or soybeans.

Diane Greer

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Women Empowered Through Minihouse Composting (Mexico)

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 40

Study examines effectiveness of an easy to use vermicomposting system to reduce waste and produce fertilizer in a Mexican community.

Esperanza Huerta, Ruth del Angel and Aaron Jarquin

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Improving Sanitation With Composting Toilets (Ecuador)

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 42

Low cost, a simple design, system reliability and social acceptance have led to installation of composting toilets in a tourist region in Ecuador.

Chuck Henry, Elena Olsen and Marcos Fioravanti

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Pyrolysis For Char Part I

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 44

Climate Change Connections

Sally Brown

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Fueling Growth In A Shrinking Economy

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 45

Biomass Energy Outlook

Mark Jenner

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Regional Roundup

BioCycle February 2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 15

Chicago, Illinois
CCX APPROVES COMPOSTING PROTOCOL ON PILOT BASIS
At a meeting of the Chicago Climate Exchange’s (CCX) Offsets Committee last November, a protocol for composting was approved for use on a pilot basis. The carbon offsets are for “waste management practices that avoid methane emission to the atmosphere from decaying organic wastes

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