Get to know the basics of composting. Definitions, materials and recipes, principles of good management, and more. Content to get you going and to come back to as you iterate and improve.

Learn to make improvements based on experience. Evaluate your first finished compost and consider how to adapt your system and practices when your farm model changes, or respond to the unexpected.

Strategies and solutions for head-scratching eventualities, from low temperatures to frozen piles to keeping wildlife out, plus deliberations for more experienced composters, such as whether to add an aeration.

Specialized content and advanced topics of the trade, including meeting your compost under a microscope and capturing heat through Compost Aeration and Heat Recovery (CAHR) systems.

A forum for any practitioner to pose questions and quandaries for the CAV On-Farm Composting technical team and other experts to address. Find an answer or ask a question to help your on-farm composting get even better.