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The cultivation of clover grass is a core element in organic farming. As a legume, clover binds nitrogen from the air and makes this macronutrient available to plants for subsequent crops in the soil. In order to close the nutrient cycles within organic farms, the clover grass clippings are fed to the farm's own animals on livestock farms and then returned to the fields as farm manure. But how can organic farms with few or no livestock make the best possible use of their clover grass clippings within the farm? Clover grass composting can be an effective way of doing this. In this film, Verena Jalane and Dr. Christian Bruns from the Department of Organic Agriculture and Crop Production at the University of Kassel explain the process of clover grass composting from the clover grass harvest to the finished compost - an educational film for agricultural practitioners. The film was created as part of the project "Optimization of internal clover grass utilization in livestock-free organic farms" (Opti-KG). The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) based on a resolution of the German Bundestag within the framework of the Federal Programme for Organic Farming (BÖL).