Summary of Articles, Books, Publications

• 1977 Manure Management The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener Oct-Nov
• 1979 Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Soils and Crops translated, edited from Swedish, German by W. Brinton
• 1979 Fertilizer Effects on Humus Quality/ Compost Science Sept.-Oct 1979
• 1979 Animal Fertility: A Possibilility for BioAssays for Quality of Fodder and Feeds? ( translation) Biodynamics pp36-46
• 1980 How Organic and Conventional Farming Systems Compare. The New Farm Sept.-Oct 1980
• 1981 In Pursuit of the Better Soil Test. The New Farm May 1981
• 1982 Growth and Development of Soybeans in Relation to Nitrogen Source. Basic Techniques in Ecological Farming Birkhauser Verlag, Basel
• 1983 A Qualitative Method for Assessing Humus Condition in Sustainable Food Systems ed. D. Knorr, AVI Publishers
• 1984 Green Manuring: Principles and Practice/ translated, edited by W. Brinton
• 1985 Nitrogen Response of Maize to Fresh and Composted Manures. Biol. Agr. Hort Vol3:55-64
• 1986 A Comparison of Organic, Biodyanmic and Conventional Farming Systems. Woods End Agric. Inst. press
• 1987 Organic Growing Media. in Global Perspectives on Agroecology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Proceedings 6th Int. I.F.O.A.M. Conference Univ. Calif. Santa Cruz
• 1988 Agricultural and Horticultural Aspects of Composting. Proceedings, On-Farm Composting Conference Univ. Mass, Amherst
• 1988 Composting Fish By-Products: A Feasibility Study. Co-author M.D. Seekins Maine Dept. Agric., Time & Tide RC&D, Waldoboro ME
• 1990 La Gestion des Dechets Agricoles, L'approche par le Compostage Symposium Proceedings, Colloque sur le Compostage en Agricole, Centre de Developpement D'Agrobiologie du Quebec, Ste-Elizabeth- de-Warwick, Quebec
• 1990 Composting Cull Potatoes and Potato Processing Waste. Central Aroostook Soil & Water Conservation District. Presque Isle, Maine
• 1991 Composting Seafood Processing By-products. Proceedings: Fishery By-Products Conference, Alaska Sea-Grant College, Anchorage Alaska
• 1992 Survival of E. coli in Municipal Biosolids Composting. American Society of Microbiology ASM 1992 Annual Conference Proceedings. Co-author with M.Droffner
• 1992 Compost and Regeneration. Orion Jrnl. Spring
• 1992 Leaves Prove Best Bulking Agent for Grass Clippings; Composting Grass Clippings. BioCycle 33:38-41
• 1992 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Newsprint Bedding: Compostability and Health Risk. Co-author J. Collinson. Maine Waste Management Agency, Augusta ME
• 1993 Isolation of E. coli and Salmonella in Thermophilic Composting as indicated by DNA-Probe Methods. American Society of Microbiology ASM 1993 Annual Conference Proceedings. Co-Author with M.Droffner
• 1994 Survival of E. coli and Salmonella Populations in Aerobic Thermophilic composts as Measured with Gene Probes. Int. Jrnl Hyg. Env Med. Co-author M.Droffner
• 1994 Evaluation of Farm plot Conditions and Effects of Composted Fish Scraps on Yield and Mineral Composition of Maize. Compost Sci. Land Util. , Co-author, Milton D. Seekins
• 1994 Microbial Approaches to the Characterization of Composting Process. Co-author Mary L Droffner. Compost Sci. Vol. 2
• 1995 Evidence for the prominence of well characterized mesophilic bacteria in Thermophilic Composting Environments. Biomass & Bioenergy 8:191-195 Elsevier Sci Ltd.
• 1995 The Control of Plant Pathogenic Fungi by use of Compost Teas. Biodynamics 197:12-16
• 1995 A Standardized Test for Evaluation of Compost Self-Heating Co-author E. Evans Biocycle Nov. 95
• 1995 Survival of E. coli and Salmonella populations in aerobic Thermophilic composts as measured with DNA gene probes. Int. Jrnl Hyg. Env Med. 197:387-397 Gustav Fischer Verlag
• 1995 Deconstruction is Compost Maturity Biocycle Dec '95
• 1996 Detection and Occurrence of Listeria in Food Waste Composts. Int. Jrn Env Hygiene 796
• 1996 Investigations into Liquid Compost Extracts. Biocycle. 37:68-71
• 1997 Compost, Earth and Plant. Co-authors Evans, Droffner. BD Press, PA (in press Summer 1997)
• 1997 Compost for Control of Grape Powdery Mildew (Uncinula necator) Biodynamics Spring 97
• 1997 Is Science Sustainable? Passages Jrnl of Pennsylvania Assoc Sustainable Agriculture (Vol 21: June1997)
• 1997 Sustainability of Modern Composting: Intensification vs Costs and Quality. Proceedings of Compost Seminar, PASA, Penn State University, in Biodynamics Summer 97
• 1997 Wissenschaft und SpiritualitØt: Ist Wissenschaft Nachhaltig? INFO-3 Verlag, Sept 1997 Frankfurt
• 1997 The Basis for Soil Quality Interpretation. Jrnl Biodynamics. Sept '97
• 1997 Dynamic Chemical Processes in BD Horn-Manure 500. Jrnl Biodynamics Nov-97
• 1998 Living Compost - Living Carbon. in press Jrnl Biodynamics Mar 1998
• 1998 Volatile Organic Acids in Compost: Production and Odor.  Compost Sci & Util. June
• 1999 Auf wiedersehen Darwin: The Kansas Decision. INFO-3, Frankfurt
• 1999 Compost Maturity Expressed as Volatile Organic Acids and Phytotoxicity. Proceedings, ORBIT99 Conference Proceedings Weimar
• 2000 Plant Performance in Relation to Oxygen Depletion, CO2-Rate and Volatile Organic Acids.in: Microbiology of Composting, Proceedings Innsbruck Conference, Springer Verlag Berlin New York
• 2001 How Compost Maturity Affects Container Grown Plants. Biocycle 42:56-64
• 2001 Compost Maturity Effects on Plant and Root Performance. Biodynamics 233:22-27
• 2001 Maturity of Compost Expressed by Container Plant Effects. Conference proceedings, ORBIT2001, Seville
• 2001 An International Look at Compost Standards. Biocycle. Apr  Vol. 42:74-77
• 2002 Herbicides in Compost: Potential Effects on Plants. Composting News Vol 11-1-5
• 2002 Plant Performance in Relation to Oxygen Depletion, CO2-Rate and VFA in Container Media Composts of Varying Maturity. in Microbiology of Composting. Springer-Verlag Berlin
• 2003 Compost, Plant and Earth: A Practical Guide to Composting. BD Press. San Fran.
• 2003 Degradation and Plant Effectsof Herbicide Residues in Compost. NEB-ASA Symposium Proceedings, Univ. VT
• 2003 THE ROLE OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PLANT BIOASSAYS FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF HERBICIDE CONTAMINATION IN COMPOSTS Jrnl Woods End Research. Interview in Composting News
• 2004 Toxicity Thresholds and Plant Effects of Boron on Composted Products. Proceedings, International Composting Symposium, Las Vegas Jan 19-23 2004
• 2004 Microbiological Hygiene Issues of Green Waste and Manure Composts. Proceedings Michigan State University Hygiene of Organic Farming Congress in publication: CRC Press (due late 2004).
• 2005 Evidence for Fine Plastic Fragments in MSW Compost. in press, Compost Sci Util Fall