The Business of Vermicomposting Client Success Stories, Vermicomposting Friday, September 15, 2023 Steve Churchill is a pilot with Southwest Airlines and he's a worm farmer, or "vermicomposter" in the parlance of the organics recycling industry. This is a brief overview of Steve's adventure as a vermicompost entrepren... Read More "Two Brothers' Poop" Client Success Stories, Horse Manure Composting Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Josh G. and his wife Katie live on their new horse farm near Salt Lake City, Utah along with their two sons, Andrew and Isaack, ages 12 and 14 (at the time of this posting). In April 2020, Josh purchased an O2Compost Ben... Read More Best Time to Design and Build Frequently Asked Questions Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Right Now! Summer is right around the corner and you can take advantage of the good weather to construct your system in plenty of time to be ahead of the fall and winter rainy season. And if you miss this year's dry... Read More The Power of Worms Client Success Stories, Vermicomposting Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Jack Chambers, a commercial worm grower, recalls the transitions of his worm farm since start-up and explains why this fledgling industry is ready to attain its full potential. "I first learned about earthworms and ver... Read More Green Mountain Compost Client Success Stories, Composting 101 Thursday, April 20, 2023 We previously discussed the "KISS" Principle for small scale compost systems. This principle also applies to larger municipal scale compost facilities, as exemplified by Green Mountain Compost in Williston, Vermont. Th... Read More The "KISS" Principle Composting 101 Friday, March 17, 2023 With smaller O2Compost systems, like the one shown below, it is relatively easy to follow the "KISS" principle (Keep it Simple & Systematic). Using a horse farm as an example, you would typically do the following: ... Read More Compost Mix Parameters Client Success Stories, Composting 101 Thursday, February 9, 2023 In 2010, I met Mr. Tom Moreau at the US Composting Council Conference in Austin, Texas. At that time, Tom* was the Director of Chittenden County’s Green Mountain Compost facility in Vermont and after attending my a... Read More Composting in California Client Success Stories Friday, January 13, 2023 The San Jose Conservation Corps & Charter School is partially funded by the Ameri-Corps program, a voluntary civil service program supported by the U.S. Federal Government with a goal of helping aspiring youth m... Read More Virtual Underground Tour Regenerative Agriculture Wednesday, November 16, 2022 We are continuing to look at different facets of Regenerative Agriculture and how it relates to composting organic "wastes". Here we learn how to improve soil health with rotational grazing. Glenn of Alderspring Ranch in... Read More Regenerative Composting Regenerative Agriculture Wednesday, November 16, 2022 In our August 2022 Newsletter we included a short article on "Regenerative Agriculture", explaining the difference between this approach to farming and organic farming and/or permaculture. As I reviewed similar articles ... Read More Older Posts