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 Changing Paradigms Regenerative Agriculture Wednesday, November 16, 2022 This thought-provoking video first aired last year on Tom's Outdoors YouTube channel. “Changing Paradigms” explores the power of regenerative agriculture in improving the natural environment, human healt... Read More Learning by Doing Composting 101 Tuesday, November 15, 2022 I’ve been an “Organics Engineer” for over 33 years and when it comes to composting, I’m pretty much at the learning stage where “I don’t know what I know”. As we approached... Read More The Compost Company Client Success Stories Friday, October 7, 2022 Over the 22 years of offering Compost Training Programs, O2Compost has worked with many start-up compost businesses, including The Compost Company in Tennessee. As with all such projects, we advise our clients to “... Read More Manure Math Composting 101 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Designing an Appropriately-Sized O2Compost System The first step in designing a new O2Compost System is to estimate the volume of manure and stall bedding that is generated on roughly a monthly basis. A recent client r... Read More Regenerative Agriculture Regenerative Agriculture Wednesday, August 17, 2022 We would like to share an excerpt from an article written by Leah Zerbe, MS, NASM-CPT, NASM-CES: April 22, 2021 for the Dr. Axe website. This specific section of the article reviews the differences between "Regenerativ... Read More Older Posts