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*BEAM: Biologically Enhanced Agricultural Management (alternative to "[[holistic management]]"); high in [[mycelium]] and [[carbon burial]]:
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Definition

late 14c., compote, "mixture of stewed fruits, a preserve," from Old French composte "mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" (13c.), also "condiment," from Vulgar Latin *composita, noun use of fem. of Latin compositus, past participle of componere "to put together," from com "with, together" (see com-) + ponere "to place" (see position (n.)).

The fertilizer sense is attested in English from 1580s, and the French word in this sense is a 19th century borrowing from English. The condiment sense now goes with compote, a later borrowing from French.[1]

Historical

Technical

Per the Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering the process of "composting" is, technically:

the biological decomposition and stabilization of organic substrates, under conditions that allow development of thermophilic temperatures as a result of biologically produced heat, to produce a final product [=compost] that is stable, free of pathogens and plant seeds, and can be beneficially applied to land. Thus, composting is a form of waste stabilization, but one that requires special conditions of moisture and aeration to produce thermophilic temperatures. The latter are generally considered to be above about 45°C (113°F). Maintenance of thermophilic temperatures is the primary mechanism for pathogen inactivation and seed destruction.[2]

"Thermophilic temperatures" refers to

Production

Feedstocks

GREENS + BROWNS

Reactors

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Application

  1. Online Etymology Dictionary, "Compost" https://www.etymonline.com/word/compost
  2. Haug, R.T. and Haug, H.T. (1993) Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.