Large-scale compost project idled by grant uncertainty - Silvercity Daily Press

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Large-scale compost project idled by grant uncertainty - Silvercity Daily Press

(Press Staff Photo by Juno Ogle)Mike Fugagli, co-director of the New Earth Project, talks about the work to create a “living soil” full of microorganisms with bioreactors on Friday at the project’s site in the Old Chinese Gardens on the south side of Silver City. The program recently furloughed 25 employees, mostly young people, after learning its federal grant might not be available following the freeze on federal loans and grants by President …