The Capital Press newspaper in Washington State reports that field trials began in May to study the use of biosolids in agriculture.
Ph.D. student Caitlin Price from the plant breeding program at the Washington State University Mount Vernon Northwest Research and Extension Center is leading the initiative. The objectives are to determine the best ways to include biosolids compost in a vegetable/small grains rotation, examine community attitudes about using the material on crops, and study the persistence of antibiotics during the compost process (the WSU College of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology is involved in this aspect).
“Price said she expects the addition
