Maximum Yield USA 2012 March | Page 164

” Biodynamic compost We can check the ingredients listed on the bag, but that doesn’t tell us anything about the composting process—all compost is not created equal! ” Compost is a bit like cheese. There are so many types of cheese in the world—from the kind that is made by skilled artisans following a traditional recipe just as generations of cheese makers have done before them, to the kind of mass-produced cheese-like product that comes in a spray can. These products are vastly different, but we use just one word to describe the whole range of products we cal