I noticed that yesterday, too, but didn't have time to hunt up this thread and make a posting.
The other thing I noticed, though, when reading the new Bay State Fertilizer page, were the prominent links to the relatively new
Massachusetts law on "Plant Nutrient Management."
It's not clear to me how the law will be enforced for homeowners, but the law has tight restrictions on application of any "Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer." There's a
quick 1-page (both sides) fact sheet with an easy-to-read Q&A.
Ironically, at first, I thought the law was pretty unfriendly to Bay State Fertilizer, as the primary restrictive paragraph did not seem to have any exemptions for biosolids (Bay State Fertilizer) or any other organic fertilizers:
330 CMR: Department of Agricultural Resources wrote:31.05: Requirements for the Application of Nutrients to Land Not Used for Agricultural Purposes
(1) No person may purchase and apply, or authorize any person, by way of service contract or other arrangement, to apply any Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer on Lawn or Non-agricultural Turf, except when:
(a) a Soil Test taken not more than three years before the application indicates that additional phosphorus is needed for growth of that Lawn or Non-agricultural Turf; or
(b) the Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer is used to establish new Lawn or Non-agricultural Turf on bare ground or as part of renovation of a Lawn or Non-agricultural Turf area. The use of phosphorus for the purposes of establishing a new Lawn or Non-agricultural Turf area is limited to the first growing season.
However, upon further careful perusal, I learned that Bay State Fertilizer is not a "Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer" according to how that term is defined in the law. For that matter, it's not even "Fertilizer." Go figure.