i am not sure if organic certification would exclude it in the US; certification is prohibitively expensive, so most small farmers with organic practices never get certified. it's something like $5k/year.
ours is above-ground, not in a pit. but yes, bucket in the outhouse and another in the houses, emptied into the bin. we do not have bears, big cats, or foxes, however. :) just raccoons, whom we can effectively fence out, and coyotes, who are smart and canny and don't mess with fenced enclosures when there are free-range birds to prey on. and stray cats; Furdre used to eat out of the compost all the time and that is how i eventually tamed her, luring her over to the yurt (which is not far from that compost) with food.
i've seen it done with a tall outhouse built up about person-height above ground - this was at EarthHaven ecovillage in North Carolina - you climbed stairs to get in, and then pooped into a barrel that's kind of way down there, and if you have the capacity to separate it, you pee into a tube that goes to a different barrel; this they dilute with water and put directly on the soil as high-nitrogen fertilizer. below the high floor, the enclosure with the barrels is fully fenced with a secure gate, so a person can enter to remove/add barrels but animals cannot.
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ours is above-ground, not in a pit. but yes, bucket in the outhouse and another in the houses, emptied into the bin. we do not have bears, big cats, or foxes, however. :) just raccoons, whom we can effectively fence out, and coyotes, who are smart and canny and don't mess with fenced enclosures when there are free-range birds to prey on. and stray cats; Furdre used to eat out of the compost all the time and that is how i eventually tamed her, luring her over to the yurt (which is not far from that compost) with food.
i've seen it done with a tall outhouse built up about person-height above ground - this was at EarthHaven ecovillage in North Carolina - you climbed stairs to get in, and then pooped into a barrel that's kind of way down there, and if you have the capacity to separate it, you pee into a tube that goes to a different barrel; this they dilute with water and put directly on the soil as high-nitrogen fertilizer. below the high floor, the enclosure with the barrels is fully fenced with a secure gate, so a person can enter to remove/add barrels but animals cannot.