by Tove Hatling Jystad | Aug 7, 2025 | Composting, Zero-emission farm
At Mære we have now been composting organic waste from our farm for six months. Ruben Solbakk is a dedicated composter and tells us how the composting takes place in...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 6, 2025 | Front page, Composting, Zero-emission farm
In the fall of 2024, the composting plant at Mære Agricultural School was ready for use. Now, silage residues, horse manure, tomato waste, straw manure, waste from the park and other organic waste will be converted into good compost. We will use the compost for soil improvement in the park and on the fields...
by Gunnar Larsen | Dec 19, 2024 | Carbon bonding, Composting
In the RESTORE project, SINTEF has calculated the climate effects of different treatments of residual flows from a farm. Different residual materials have been looked at and whether they can be composted, incinerated or used in biochar production. A spreadsheet model has been created that provides some...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Dec 18, 2024 | Biogas, Biochar, Composting, Zero-emission farm
In connection with the research project RESTORE, we conducted an analysis of all organic waste – or rather resources – at Mære Agricultural School. The goal was to get a better overview of the resources we have that can be used in compost, biochar plants...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Author bio, Carbon bonding, Composting
On the farm we have a lot of organic waste, e.g. straw, feed residues and leftovers from the tomato plants. We want to take care of these residues and turn them into good soil in a compost. Composting requires good knowledge to be successful and we have brought in professional resources from Sogn to...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Green plants, Composting
The Mære Agricultural School Development Department has, with funding from KIL, established a Rotlab, which will be an arena for disseminating knowledge about soil and soil structure, carbon storage in soil and how leaching of nutrients and soil particles occurs. The Rotlab...
