Catalyst MicrobeBus Tour: Composting Workshop

1050 Keller Lane,O'Fallon IL 62269

10 June, 2023

Description

Join Catalyst BioAmendments and Stooke Farms for a day long composting workshop! This will be an intensive composting workshop that will discuss composting methods, ingredient selection, evaluation of compost quality, and microscopic assessment. This day long program will leave you with the knowledge to start vermicompost or passive food waste compost for those looking to manage home compost. We will also cover composting for market gardening or large-scale farming. This workshop will provide the foundational knowledge for market gardeners and farmers wanting to improve soil health to reduce dependency on fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. The workshop instructors:Keisha & Casey Ernst have been focusing on soil regeneration and habitat restoration as a team since 2011. They have studied under Dr. Elaine Ingahm over the past 8 years and worked side by side with her on many projects.. In 2018 Catalyst BioAmendments was founded as an experimental and educational focused compost lot. The aim was to apply the techniques taught by Dr. Ingham to compost made at large scale and to improve the processes to ensure the product is reliably hosting diverse populations of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes. Catalyst was successful in creating a biological focused product and since 2019 Keisha & Casey have been using the compost with their consulting. You can see examples of that success in this webinar. They aim to raise the quality of food on shelves in grocery stores by helping farmers increase microbial biomass in their agricultural soils and to help microbe farmers world wide to improve their composting practices. Their main overarching focus is on fostering a community around microbe farming. They have a passion for helping the unseen lives in the soil come into view through images and videos taken with a microscope and hands on workshops where everyone can explore together. Instagram: @catalystbioamendments @soilmicrobelibrary & @soil.mattersFacebook: Catalyst BioAmendments, Soil Microbe Library, & Soil MattersWebsites: www.catalystbioamendments.com, www.mymicrobes.org, www.soilmattersto.us