Re: [compost_tea] MICROBIOLOGY TESTING of COMPOST TEAS

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:55:22 EST

 
 
In a message dated 12/22/2004 2:26:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net writes:

I don't think it is possible to make compost in any kind of uncontrolled
environment and not have some pathogens. Even extremely well aerated piles will
have some small anaerobic areas. Maybe in-vessel composting can reduce
pathogens to zero but I am unsure about that.



Except that we do it. We test piles extensively, and there are no human
pathogens detectable. We do this routinely. It is possible.
 
But, do we have to demand it of everyone? I did not say that it was
necessary. But certainly it is safer if we aim for that standard, and if we don't
quite achieve it all the time, that's ok.
 
Elaine R. Ingham
Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
Soil Foodweb Institute Cambridge, New Zealand
Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
Soil Foodweb Inc., South Africa








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