After more than a decade of planning and slogging through layers of legal, well, shit, the West Marin Co-Composting Project is finally operational. The project, which held a ceremonial first pitch forking on Friday, is the culmination of a public-private partnership between eight entities, including the Marin Resource Conservation District, the USDA, Marin County, Lunny Paving and Grading, Inc., and the Lafranchi Dairy in Nicasio, where processing will take place. Using basic aerobic composting practices,…