08-07-2007, 11:24 AM
Quote:A new interactive website launched by a Small Business Development Center in Pennsylvania is helping the state deal with nearly five million tons of surplus manure.
Manuretrader.org, a free site modeled after the SBDC's Pennsylvania Material Trader, is designed to promote the innovative use of the state's growing stockpile of manure -- the result of new state regulations prohibiting the use of excess manure where it's produced.
Organizers said the site offers opportunities for traditional farmer-to-farmer exchanges for crop fertilization, along with soil reclamation, algae production, building materials, and other unconventional uses...
full article: http://www.inc.com/news/briefs/200708/0806manure.html
the website: http://www.manuretrader.org/