- Khulna, Bangladesh
- +880 1XXX-XXXXXX
- info@alleegreenagro.com
How livestock, land, waste and crop connect into one cycle, and what each stage actually involves.
Most farms buy inputs in at one end and pay to remove waste at the other. We try to join those two ends together. What the livestock produce feeds the composting yard. What the yard produces feeds the crop land. What the crop land yields goes to market, and what is left over goes back into the yard.
None of this is novel. It is how farming worked before inputs came in sacks. What we are doing is running it deliberately, at a scale that can supply a city, and keeping a record of it.
Six stages, and the sixth feeds the second.
Cattle and other livestock are kept and cared for daily. Alongside what the animals themselves produce, manure and used bedding are collected rather than left to run off.
Manure, crop residue, vegetable trimmings and the rest of the farm waste are gathered to one place. On most farms this is a disposal cost. Here it is the raw material for the next stage.
Collected material is stacked, turned and kept at the right moisture in the composting yard so it breaks down properly instead of simply rotting. This is the stage that takes patience.
The finished compost is screened and prepared for use. Before any of it is sold it goes onto our own plots, because the quickest way to find out whether a soil input works is to farm with it.
The fertilizer returns to the crop land, and seasonal vegetables and field crops are grown on it. Soil that is fed this way holds water better and needs less bought in each season.
Produce and fertilizer are packed and delivered into Khulna. Trimmings from packing, and residue from the harvested crop, go straight back to stage two. That is what makes the cycle a cycle.
The farm generates a steady stream of organic material every week. Handled badly it becomes a smell, a run off problem and a cost. Handled deliberately it becomes the single most valuable input we have.
Which by products we collect and process is still being settled in detail. We would rather describe the stream accurately than overstate it.
Four steps between the shed and the sack.
Manure and plant material are combined in the right proportion so the heap has enough nitrogen and enough carbon to work.
The heap is turned on a schedule and kept damp. Heat tells us the breakdown is active, and turning keeps it even throughout.
Once broken down the material is screened to remove what has not composted, then left to cure before it goes anywhere near a crop.
Each batch is used on our own land first. Laboratory testing is in progress, and results will be published as they come in.
We do not grow everything ourselves, and we do not pretend to. Vegetable growers, livestock keepers and small fertilizer producers in the area farm to the same method and supply alongside us. Whether a product came off our land or a partner plot is stated on the listing.
These are planned, not yet running. They are here so you can see the direction, not so you can sign up today.
A register of farmers, livestock keepers, growers and buyers, with a member card and a dashboard. Membership terms are not decided yet.
A request based way for producers to swap a surplus for something they need, such as spare vegetables for fertilizer. Rules for valuation and verification come first.
A route for surplus produce to reach people who need it, with the handover recorded. Who administers it is still being worked out.
Exchange, donation and membership are in planning. We are not taking requests for any of them through this website at the moment, and nothing on this page should be read as an offer. If one of them is useful to you, tell us, because it helps us decide what to build first.
Farm footage and production photography are being prepared and will replace the placeholder images on this site as they arrive.
Visits to the farm can be arranged. Ask us and we will find a time.
Or call +880 1XXX-XXXXXX
