{"id":16608,"date":"2016-12-09T01:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2016-12-09T01:41:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:41:34","slug":"trash-to-cash-could-compost-be-californias-next-gold-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/trash-to-cash-could-compost-be-californias-next-gold-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash to Cash: Could Compost be California\u2019s Next Gold Rush?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun rose over the soggy northern California town of Nicasio earlier this week, six trucks made their way along a muddy path. They were the first of a team selected to deliver compost to 15 ranches throughout California. A small group of onlookers\u200a\u2014\u200apeople who have seen compost\u2019s impact on carbon levels and agricultural production and believe California is on the brink of a compost boom\u200a\u2014\u200awere excited.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>\u201cIt\u2019s a $67,000 day for me,\u201d John Wick of the California Carbon Project told ThinkProgress. Wick and his wife, writer, illustrator, and biotech heiress Peggy Rathmann, are paying for the compost out of their own pocket. While ranchers can typically find cheaper compost, the trucks were carrying specific compost for research purposes.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>Over the next year, the Department of Agriculture\u2019s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will use the compost to conduct tests to determine whether compost improves soil health on California\u2019s diverse rangelands. If it does, ranchers will be able to use federal Farm Bill funding to purchase compost, in addition to anticipated state funding provided through California\u2019s new Healthy Soils Initiative.<br class=\"\" \/>Wick and Rathmann, compost advocates and concerned environmentalists, wanted to help NRCS conduct the tests quickly. Waiting for the federal government to fund research may have taken years\u200a\u2014\u200aa long time given the urgency of climate change.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>Experiments have already confirmed\u00a0that applying a half-inch layer of compost to grazed ranchland helps plants suck carbon out of the air and store it in the ground. Compost over less than three acres offsets the equivalent of carbon emissions from four diesel truck trips from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. It also significantly increases production and soil water holding capacity.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>If compost were applied to the millions of acres of rangeland in California, the beneficial effect on carbon levels in the atmosphere, agricultural production and water conservation would be monumental. These field trials are a step in that direction.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>The importance of the federal research isn\u2019t limited to future Farm Bill funding, however. The tests will also provide hard evidence ranchers and farmers need to decide whether switching from their current practices to compost is the better economic choice.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>\u201cPeople are very willing to change practices if it\u2019s been shown to help them,\u201d said Jeff Borum, project coordinator for the NRCS field trials. \u201cThey need observable data. They want to smell the soil. They want to see it on ranches of people they know.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>In other words, ranchers and farmers need proof compost will help them, not just the planet. Despite California\u2019s reputation as a deep-blue state, there are a sizable number of California farmers and ranchers who view environmentalism as a four-letter word. But if compost measurably improves their bottom line, it\u2019s worth the change.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><i class=\"\">To read the full story, visit <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/california-compost-c88bf5a523e8#.bi36ugd88\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/california-compost-c88bf5a523e8#.bi36ugd88<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun rose over the soggy northern California town of Nicasio earlier this week, six trucks made their way along a muddy path. 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