Organic Materials Management

External Links

This site map provides links to major external organics resources. Identification of individuals, companies, or organizations on this list does not constitute endorsement by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. This list should not be considered comprehensive.

Topics

• Compost Resources
• Farming/Erosion Control Resources
• Vermicomposting Resources
• Turf/Landscape Management Resources
• "Water-Wise" Resources
• General Councils/Societies

Compost Resources

Educational sites

• Cornell University--Composting
• Compost Use in Agriculture and Landscaping City of San Jose
• University of Florida--Online Composting Center
• The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns. UC IPM Program
• The Digital Composter
• Composters.com
• Master Composters--Nationwide

Equipment/Suppliers

Bins--making your own

• Wood and Wire--Clemson Extension
• Wire Mesh Holding Unit--University of Florida
• Bin Designs and Instructions--Alameda County

    Ready-made bins

• Composters.com

Farming/Erosion Control

• Ecological Farming Association (formerly CSA)
• Compost Use in Agriculture and Landscaping City of San Jose
• Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
• California Farm Bureau Federation
• Farm-Scale Composting Resource List--by ATTRA
  (Appropriate Technology Transfers for Rural Areas)
• University of California Cooperative Extension--Santa Clara County
• Natural Resources Conservation Services
• City of San Jose Environmental Services
• International Erosion Control Association
• Erosion Control Magazine
• Central Coast Vineyard Team

Vermicomposting Resources

• Recycling Council of Ontario
• Worm Digest
• Worm Woman's Website
• Worm World Inc.
• The Daily Worm provides daily articles on the vermicomposting industry.

    Suppliers

• Worms
• Worm Bins

Turf/Landscape Management Resources

• California Landscape Contractors' Association (CLCA)
• Compost Use in Agriculture and Landscaping City of San Jose
• Professional Lawn Care Association of America.
• Southern California Turfgrass Council
• Natural Lawn Care Program--Seattle Public Utilities
• Grasscycling: The win-win proposition--Condo Management Online
• Clean Air Lawn Care--South Coast Air Quality Management District
• Yard Doctor--Briggs and Stratton
• UC Cooperative Extension County Offices.
• Healthy Lawn, Healthy Environment (Adobe PDF file)--U.S. EPA

Water-Wise Resources

• Water Conservation Garden Brochure--Santa Clara Valley Water District
• Xeriscape--Xeriscape Colorado!, Inc.
• Irrigation and Training Research Center--California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• UC Cooperative Extension County Offices

General Councils/Societies

• California Compost Quality Council
• Landscape Architects Technical Committee
• California Native Plant Society
• U.S. Composting Council

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