Manure and Mortality (Horse/Livestock)
Compost Workshop and Facility Tour
April 17-18, 2014 from 9 am - 4 pm both days
Compost Workshop – Thursday, April 17th - 9 am – 4 pm
CCE Ulster County Education Office, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, NY 12401
Agenda includes:
- Basics of Composting
- Livestock and Horse Manure Composting
- Mortality Composting
- Compost Quality: Producing Compost for Various Markets
- Troubleshooting Common Compost Problems.
Thursday workshop also includes field trip to Ulster Co. Resource Recovery Agency in Kingston. Content presented by: Jean Bonhotal, Director, CWMI, and Mary Schwarz, Extension Support Specialist, CWMI. Compost Facility Tour – Friday, April 18th - 9 am – 4 pm
Departs from CCE Kingston Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, NY 12401 and goes to four sites in Ulster, Orange and Sullivan Counties:
- NYS Dept. of Transportation in Highland, deer carcass composting facility
- Continental Organics in New Windsor for aquaponics and composting
- Brey’s Egg Farm in Jeffersonville for poultry manure composting
- Stone Wall Farms in Jeffersonville for horse manure composting.
Space is limited-register now! Registration fee per person $20 for workshop, $20 for tour, or discounted rate of $35 for both days. To register fill out and send in registration form on our website at http://www.cceulster.org/2014%20Compost%20Workshop%20and%20Facility%20Tour%20Reg%20Form.pdf. Register by 4/14. For more info. call Erin Campbell-Craven at (845) 340-3990 x327 or email eac266@cornell.edu.
Hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell Waste Management Institute, with generous support from Syracuse Univ. Environmental Finance Center, Hudson Valley Regional Council, and the Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation.
