What: Advanced Composting Systems Workshop
Who: Midwest Bio-Systems
When: November 5-6, 1998
Where: Minden, Nevada
Midwest Bio-Systems is hosting a 2-day Advanced Composting
Systems Workshop in Minden, Nevada, on November 5th and 6th.
This is a Level I (Basic Course) for farmers, nurseryman, and
municipal composters. Anybody with access to feedstock (animal
manures, yardwaste, food processing waste, organic materials) who
wants to make high quality aerobic compost based on controlled
microbial windrow composting systems will benefit.
The workshop includes classroom and laboratory training,
accompanied by compost site field visits.
Instructors include:
*Toni Compston, Bently Agridynamics compost consultant
*Kathleen Draper, AgriEnergy Resources soil micobiologist
*Dr. Bargyla Rateaver, author of Organic Methods Primer
*Edwin Blosser, Midwest Bio-Systems compost advisor
Panel of composters include:
*Bently Agridynamics, controlled composting systems, Minden, Nevada
*Larry Hofstetler, on-farm composter in Otterville, Missouri
*Craig Witt, Full Circle Compost in Minden, Nevada
Fee:
*$345 in advance
*$395 after October 24th
What is Advanced Composting Systems (ACS)?
* ACS is a "systems approach." By implementing a controlled
process through monitoring, use of efficient turning equipment
and compost starter inoculant--you will produce a consistent,
homogenous, high quality compost in 6 to 8 weeks.
What you will learn at the workshop:
*How to turn waste products into valuable assets
*How different composting methods affect quality
*Why a controlled composting process is superior
*How nutrients are captured from raw materials
*How to control nutrient leaching
*How to eliminate odor problems
*How micro-life affects soil fertility
Topics in the 2-day workshop will include:
*Producing high quality compost
*Controlling odor and runoff
*Compost site considerations
*Site visits:
Hands-on windrow building, equipment demonstration, microbiology
*Compost turning frequency and indicators
*Feedstocks
*Humus
*Recipies for feedstocks
*Testing and monitoring
*Compost starter (inoculant)
*Economics of composting
*Defining quality and value
*Building crumb structure
Contact:
Midwest Bio-Systems
28933 - 35E Street
Tampico, IL 61283
815-438-7200
815-438-7028 Fax
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