Profiting with Compost and the Importance of Compost Quality
The fifth webinar of the series, Profiting with Compost & the Importance of Compost Quality, will feature presenters Dr. Greg Evanylo, professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech and Jayne Merner Senecal, farmer and composter at Earth Care Farm in Rhode Island. They will present on compost testing as a tool for creating high-quality compost that can profit a farming business.
In this webinar, Greg will discuss: proper compost sample collection and handling; the important chemical, physical, and biological parameters to test; the importance of testing in determining a compost’s use; different quantitative and qualitative compost standards; and how to limit Phosphorus in compost.
Jayne will discuss how Earth Care Farm began composting, how it profits from its composting operation, how Earth Care Farm integrates compost quality monitoring and testing into their operation, and the different compost-base products Earth Care Farm markets and sells.
This webinar series is being offered in partnership with the Million Acre Challenge.
The registration fee for this webinar is $20. Participation in this series is free for farmers.
(use code FARMER)
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