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AgChoice
Ag Choice is a small compost facility in Andover, which composts food waste along with horse manure. The facility was developed to help horse farmers with their growing problem of preventing pollution from uncontrolled horse manure. Ag Choice uses techniques and materials developed by the Midwest Bio-Systems (MBS) and Advanced Composting Systems (ACS) to produce a “humidified compost” containing humus and humic acids. Using the compost is meant to promotes plant root development, and ultimately, better tasting and more nutritious food or healthier golf course grass. Windrows are constructed of old compost, woodchips, water soaked round bales, manures and other wastes. Clay is layered upon the waste mixture to reduce odors, capture additional microbes, and promote formation of humus. Windrows are covered with specially designed mesh covers to keep rainwater from leaching through the piles, keep existing moisture—and any odors—in, and block UV rays.
Participating farmers are left with 15 cubic yard containers to fill up as needed, to be picked up by Ag Choice. Ag Choice does its own hauling, both from the farmers and from a limited amount of local supermarkets. Self-hauling allows it quality control for its incoming feedstock.
