The Morning Sentinel reports on Winterwood Farm's crisis. Winterwood recycles organic waste through composting. They then sell that compost to garden centers around New England.
They have recently had issues with the DEP concerning high nitrogen run-off into a nearby stream. An ingredient in their compost is shellfish. Shellfish are high in nitrogen which makes for a great fertilizer, but a nasty pollutant when it ends up in streams at high concentrations.
The owner is stuck between a rock and hard place here.
Winterwood Farms website.
We'll have to follow this one. It's a case of a smart environmental business running into an environmental issue.
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