Japanese composting may be new food waste solution

By Jay Lindsay

Published June 12, 2012 7:27am ET

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Japanese composting may be new food waste solution — Executive chef Stephane Baloy stands on a mound of rich soil, made from scrap food compost, at the Ferncroft Country Club in Middleton, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. The country club is among a few places in the nation trying an obscure form of composting called bokashi. Based on an ancient Japanese farming practice, food waste is covered with a mix of microorganisms, which suppress its smell and eventually composts to produce soil. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) | Charles Krupa

MIDDLETON, Mass. (AP) — Down the back stairs of the clubhouse kitchen, on a plot lost among the expanse of tightly trimmed fairways and greens, weeks-old food is buried under a tarp and mulch and left to decompose.

But this private country club in Massachusetts isn’t taking an unsanitary shortcut with its trash. It’s trying bokashi, an obscure composting method it says will help it recycle 4 tons of food waste each year.

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