James McSweeney

Gebundenes Buch

Community-Scale Composting Systems

A Comprehensive Practical Guide for Closing the Food System Loop and Solving Our Waste Crisis

Beschreibung

In-depth yet accessible, Community-Scale Composting Systems is a technical resource for farmers, designers, service providers, organics recycling entrepreneurs, and advocates of all types, with a focus on developing the next generation of organics recycling infrastructure that can enable communities to close the food-soil loop in their local food systems.

Autor

James McSweeney is a composting consultant and educator. Through his work at the Highfields Center for Composting and current consultancy, Compost Technical Services, James has worked with hundreds of composters, large and small, on everything from site planning, design, and management to compost heat recovery and livestock feeding systems. He coauthored Growing Local Fertility: A Guide to Community Composting and has been an ardent proponent and collaborator in the community composting movement in the United States. With a background in agroecology and permaculture, restoring ecological integrity to our local farm and food systems is at the heart of James’s work. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Amanda, and three kids.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 209mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1498g
• ISBN-13: 9781603586542
• ISBN-10: 1603586547
• Artikelnr.: 53775260