Harvest Power

Composting the Big Apple, pledge if you’re in favor of it

At Harvest Power, we’re big believers in backyard composting. That’s one reason the site Kickstarter.com caught our eye. We understand the challenges that face city-dwellers when it comes to composting. That’s all the more reason that a project like this could use some support. It’s called Connecting the City to the Soil. According to Kickstarter: New York City, on the [...]

Stormwater and Soil

By Jan Allen What in the heck does compost have to do with stormwater management? Over the past few decades silt fences and straw bales have been used for stormwater management, often with marginal results. Increasingly, natural systems using compost and organic matter are recognized as state of the art effective solutions to slowing down stormwater and [...]

What exactly is wood gasification you ask?

At Harvest, we employ a technology known as wood gasification to convert wood waste to renewable syngas. It’s a method of extracting clean energy from wood-based materials that produces electricity, heat and substitute natural gas. Wood gasification is considered clean, efficient and economically viable. It leaves a small footprint and provides 20 times the heat transfer [...]