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Comment on Zero Food Waste: Sour milk by Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:38:18 +0000

I’ll be honest-I made this quite a few times and sometimes it came out bitter, horrible really. I fed it to the chickens. I got the best results if I used rennet or vinegar to help the curd form and processed the cheese as little as possible (just plain soft fresh table cheese). Glad you tried it!

Comment on Zero Food Waste: Sour milk by Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:15 +0000

I tried this and it worked…. But tasted gross!!! Did I do something wrong? I threw it out because it made me gag….

Comment on Zero Food Waste: Sour milk by Paige

Paige — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:54:55 +0000

Thanks! We had a half gallon of sour milk that I just bought… I’ve always wanted to try making cheese and it was the perfect opportunity. It worked perfectly.

Comment on Tea Bags: We Need Feedback! by Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:26:42 +0000

Pictured are my business card. The actual labels don’t look that different on the front and have instructions on how to use castings on the back.

Comment on Approaching zero waste by Composting in Austin « in.gredients

Composting in Austin « in.gredients — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:50:55 +0000

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Comment on Composting 101: A Quick Biology Lesson by Composting in Austin « in.gredients

Composting in Austin « in.gredients — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:22:32 +0000

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Comment on Home Composting: The Indoor Worm bin by Composting in Austin « in.gredients

Composting in Austin « in.gredients — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:22:28 +0000

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Comment on Glean Organics is open… by Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:38:49 +0000

At our core the only real goal is to divert food waste from landfills as efficiently as possible (that means getting edible food to people and animals and composting the rest using as little energy as possible). In today’s world that means we need to make enough money to sustainably grow the business and divert more food waste. As the model develops we are adding more and more products and services to achieve our ends. We prefer to operate at the waste producing source where composting isn’t currently viable such as residential neighborhoods or restaurants. By producing and selling in urban areas we save a ton of fuel.

At the moment our pilot facility is running strong and we’re just about to harvest our first worm castings. This facility serves as a testing ground to refine and improve the technologies we use. We are working with a number of clients to bring composting into their business too. We do this in three different ways today (1) turnkey operation, we consult on a site’s design and help setup a composting operation, (2) co-op, we partner with a business like a grocery store, and operate the composting facility on their property, (3) traditional, we haul food waste to our composting facility which to a business is indistinguishable from standard waste management.

In the turnkey case the product we sell is a composting facility, in the other cases we create a variety of soil amendments and gardening products to support the operation. On our scale the waste handling doesn’t produce much revenue. We are working towards our first sale-able products now so stay tuned!

Comment on Glean Organics is open… by Wade

Wade — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:45:15 +0000

I’m looking at your site and i love your concept. One thing i am unclear about is your final product? Are you selling compost, or are you selling the concept of small site affordable composting facilities that others can build?
If you’re selling compost, where is it available and what is it called, cost, etc.?

Comment on Announcing in.gredients by Wade

Wade — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:43:51 +0000