Is Using Compost and Compost Tea Really Safe?
This Q&A is pulled from a collection of questions posed to me by students of my Online Permaculture Design course (PDC). Learn more with my free four-part Masterclass series, here:
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Question:
After researching the safety of compost tea, food cultivation, and food safety, in general, I read a study from the UCONN college of agriculture where they sound the alarm on mulch piles, compost (both plant and manure-based) and compost tea applications noting that pathogens grow rampant in organic mulch piles. I began this research after watching countless videos of folks spraying on compost tea and later picking fruit and eating it straight off the tree without washing. I caught myself thinking "wait, am I going to kill myself doing that?". How can we be sure we are not creating a biological war zone in our mulch and compost piles and that we will not get sick by using such sprays, teas, and mulches?
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Question:
After researching the safety of compost tea, food cultivation, and food safety, in general, I read a study from the UCONN college of agriculture where they sound the alarm on mulch piles, compost (both plant and manure-based) and compost tea applications noting that pathogens grow rampant in organic mulch piles. I began this research after watching countless videos of folks spraying on compost tea and later picking fruit and eating it straight off the tree without washing. I caught myself thinking "wait, am I going to kill myself doing that?". How can we be sure we are not creating a biological war zone in our mulch and compost piles and that we will not get sick by using such sprays, teas, and mulches?
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About Geoff:
Geoff is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher. He has established permaculture demonstration sites that function as education centers in all the world’s extreme climates — information on the success of these systems is networked through the Permaculture Research Institute and the www.permaculturenews.org website.
About Permaculture:
Permaculture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture) integrates land, resources, people and the environment through mutually beneficial synergies – imitating the no waste, closed-loop systems seen in diverse natural systems. Permaculture applies holistic solutions that are applicable in rural and urban contexts and at any scale. It is a multidisciplinary toolbox including agriculture, water harvesting and hydrology, energy, natural building, forestry, waste management, animal systems, aquaculture, appropriate technology, economics, and community development.
#permaculture #compost #composttea
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