The document provides steps for aloha papaya production and anaerobic fermentation of kitchen garbage using bokashi. It discusses how Aloha House built soil fertility through resource recovery methods like vermicomposting, aerobic composting, and bokashi to transform high acid clay soil with cogon into fertile soil able to produce 6 kilos of papaya without chemicals. It also describes their community supported agriculture program and EM1 effective microorganisms product used for crops and livestock.
The document discusses various organizations and initiatives related to sustainable agriculture, nutrition programs, and community development in the Philippines and other countries. It describes Aloha House's agriculture projects including their farm, livestock, composting methods, and internship programs. It also discusses building earthquake-resistant homes using rammed earth techniques and developing a vertical garden. The document contains information on nutrition programs for undernourished children and families.
"The Aloha House Story: Serving the Community Through Agricultural Extension"
Agricultural Extension is a great tool for the development worker who wants to impact their community while minimising risk to the small hold farmer and back yard producer. Aloha House started as an orphanage for children in crises and now also is working with families and single parents. Healthy food production is an integral component and the organic farm grew out of that desire. As interest grew and trainings were undertaken, ECHO Technical notes were key to fast tracking the success and profitability of our farm. Join us on this adventure as Keith highlights some of their successes and failures in this 15 year adventure.
Keith Mikkelson is the Executive Director of Aloha House inc., an NGO founded with his wife to help Philippine families. Aloha House is an orphanage located on an organic farm that produces food for the children, staff and customers in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. Keith's book A Natural Farming System for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics has sold over 5,000 copies.
The document describes the operations of Aloha House Inc., a non-profit organization that operates an orphanage, organic farm, and eco-village in the Philippines. Some of the key aspects summarized are:
- Aloha House Inc. operates an orphanage, organic farm spanning over 17 acres, and eco-village halfway to an underground river.
- The organization provides culinary internships, trains organic farmers, and operates a cooking school on their farm.
- Their eco-village includes plans to build staff housing, a preschool, and hybrid earthen homes using natural building techniques.
Aloha Ranch and Organic Farm is a 17-acre non-profit eco village and orphanage located in the Philippines. The farm produces artisan cheeses, jams, and other products. It has an orphanage, cooking school, and plans to expand with additional facilities like a culinary school, bakery, and farm store. The farm aims to train organic farmers and develop the local community.
This document proposes that restaurants can play a key role in reversing climate change by funding regenerative agricultural practices that build healthy soil and sequester carbon. It notes that half of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system. Some restaurants have already begun offsetting their emissions by sending a few cents per diner to support carbon farming projects. With funding from the large restaurant industry, many more farmers could implement carbon farming practices at scale to draw down atmospheric carbon through soil health. The document advocates for closing the funding loop to allow capital from the food system to drive the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.
The document discusses issues with current linear agricultural practices and land consumption, and proposes vertical farming as an alternative. Specifically:
1) Current agriculture is unsustainable due to finite land and increasing population pressures, leading to widespread deforestation and environmental degradation.
2) Vertical farming in "Sky Farm" skyscrapers is proposed as an alternative, which could grow enough food for 40,000 people using only 1.34 hectares of land instead of hundreds through highly efficient water and space use.
3) "Sky Farm" would be fossil-fuel free and could improve food security while reducing agriculture's environmental impact through waste recycling and renewable energy.
This document provides information about urban agriculture initiatives in Naga City, Philippines. It details the city's land use, with over 40% reserved for agriculture. It then describes existing urban agriculture projects, including a vermicomposting facility that produces organic fertilizer, urban gardens in 27 barangays, and a permaculture farm. The document also shares information on plant and seed identification, and guidelines for container vegetable gardening including soil, water, and fertilizer needs. References for further information on urban container gardening are also included.
The document provides steps for aloha papaya production and anaerobic fermentation of kitchen garbage using bokashi. It discusses how Aloha House built soil fertility through resource recovery methods like vermicomposting, aerobic composting, and bokashi to transform high acid clay soil with cogon into fertile soil able to produce 6 kilos of papaya without chemicals. It also describes their community supported agriculture program and EM1 effective microorganisms product used for crops and livestock.
The document discusses various organizations and initiatives related to sustainable agriculture, nutrition programs, and community development in the Philippines and other countries. It describes Aloha House's agriculture projects including their farm, livestock, composting methods, and internship programs. It also discusses building earthquake-resistant homes using rammed earth techniques and developing a vertical garden. The document contains information on nutrition programs for undernourished children and families.
"The Aloha House Story: Serving the Community Through Agricultural Extension"
Agricultural Extension is a great tool for the development worker who wants to impact their community while minimising risk to the small hold farmer and back yard producer. Aloha House started as an orphanage for children in crises and now also is working with families and single parents. Healthy food production is an integral component and the organic farm grew out of that desire. As interest grew and trainings were undertaken, ECHO Technical notes were key to fast tracking the success and profitability of our farm. Join us on this adventure as Keith highlights some of their successes and failures in this 15 year adventure.
Keith Mikkelson is the Executive Director of Aloha House inc., an NGO founded with his wife to help Philippine families. Aloha House is an orphanage located on an organic farm that produces food for the children, staff and customers in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. Keith's book A Natural Farming System for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics has sold over 5,000 copies.
The document describes the operations of Aloha House Inc., a non-profit organization that operates an orphanage, organic farm, and eco-village in the Philippines. Some of the key aspects summarized are:
- Aloha House Inc. operates an orphanage, organic farm spanning over 17 acres, and eco-village halfway to an underground river.
- The organization provides culinary internships, trains organic farmers, and operates a cooking school on their farm.
- Their eco-village includes plans to build staff housing, a preschool, and hybrid earthen homes using natural building techniques.
Aloha Ranch and Organic Farm is a 17-acre non-profit eco village and orphanage located in the Philippines. The farm produces artisan cheeses, jams, and other products. It has an orphanage, cooking school, and plans to expand with additional facilities like a culinary school, bakery, and farm store. The farm aims to train organic farmers and develop the local community.
This document proposes that restaurants can play a key role in reversing climate change by funding regenerative agricultural practices that build healthy soil and sequester carbon. It notes that half of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system. Some restaurants have already begun offsetting their emissions by sending a few cents per diner to support carbon farming projects. With funding from the large restaurant industry, many more farmers could implement carbon farming practices at scale to draw down atmospheric carbon through soil health. The document advocates for closing the funding loop to allow capital from the food system to drive the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.
The document discusses issues with current linear agricultural practices and land consumption, and proposes vertical farming as an alternative. Specifically:
1) Current agriculture is unsustainable due to finite land and increasing population pressures, leading to widespread deforestation and environmental degradation.
2) Vertical farming in "Sky Farm" skyscrapers is proposed as an alternative, which could grow enough food for 40,000 people using only 1.34 hectares of land instead of hundreds through highly efficient water and space use.
3) "Sky Farm" would be fossil-fuel free and could improve food security while reducing agriculture's environmental impact through waste recycling and renewable energy.
This document provides information about urban agriculture initiatives in Naga City, Philippines. It details the city's land use, with over 40% reserved for agriculture. It then describes existing urban agriculture projects, including a vermicomposting facility that produces organic fertilizer, urban gardens in 27 barangays, and a permaculture farm. The document also shares information on plant and seed identification, and guidelines for container vegetable gardening including soil, water, and fertilizer needs. References for further information on urban container gardening are also included.
Jonathan Bates, Permaculturist, Co-Author of Paradise Lot
A neglected Holyoke house lot is re-born as a thriving edible forest garden with a wide variety of edible plants and trees. Jonathan Bates offers an overview of how he and his collaborator, Eric Toensmeier, applied principles of permaculture to transform their back and front yards, and how you can do it too.
Presented at the Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming conference at Harvard University on May 3, 2015, organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.
www.bio4climate.org
Aquaponic applications for the small farm are becoming all the rage, but how can it truly produce profitably? You need a complete system that supplies it's own feed that is mercury free, soy free, GMO free.
This document outlines the goals and features of a sustainable homestead called the "ol' dirty farm". The farm strives to grow organic produce and raise goats and chickens to provide food for the family. Key features include a well, raised beds, livestock, and aquaponics. Challenges include repairing the well, finding space for canning and storage, maintaining manure and livestock efficiently, adding fruit trees, and installing a greywater system. Opportunities include enjoying fresh products while improving soil health, overproducing to share with others, and connecting to the land and animals.
Aquaponic applications for the small farm are becoming all the rage, but how can it truly produce profitably? You need a complete system that supplies it's own feed that is mercury free, soy free, GMO free.
This document discusses the history and economics of using cornstalks for beef cattle grazing in Nebraska. It describes the author's family operation that grazes cows, calves, and yearlings on cornstalks from November to February each year without supplemental feed for the cows. Yearlings are supplemented with wet or dry distillers grains. The economics of grazing cattle on cornstalks are favorable compared to other wintering options. The author also notes benefits for animal performance and behavior from grazing on cornstalks and cautions about adequate water access.
The largest solar panel array in northern Tanzania was installed in 2007 at Gibb's Farm to provide hot water, replacing wood-fired systems. It has 40 panels and provides hot water to guest cottages, the kitchen, and for laundry. 100% of greywater is recycled through organic farms and gardens via a reed plant filtration system.
Local craftsmen established a carpenter's guild at Gibb's Farm to teach furniture making and joinery skills. Once restoration is complete, many will continue working in the wood shops, while others have returned to villages with raised skills. A tree nursery plants native tree saplings on the farm and in the community to reforest the environment.
Gibb's Farm
Organica is a proposed residential development that would revolutionize waste management and food production through an integrated system. Residents would have their food waste and faeces processed into organic fertilizer to be used in an on-site urban farm, where crops would be grown and sold back to residents. This closed-loop system aims to reduce pollution, save land and resources, while promoting healthy living. The development would include residential units, an agricultural farm, and a market area, with waste transported through pipes to fertilize crops and minimize food transportation needs.
Adam Foster introduces himself as the co-owner of RSI Green Energy Network and Food Oasis Urban Farmers. He has experience with hydroponics, aquaponics, and growing food for his family. RSI Green Energy Network is proposing a community-based plan to increase produce output and consumption through urban agriculture projects. This would create jobs, educate communities, and reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions. The proposal requests funding to start the "Project Genesis" initiative, which would address issues like food deserts through establishing self-sustaining urban farms.
The first of 7 Aquaponic food farms is in transit and waiting on the volunteers of #givehopeglobal to arrive to begin set up. Just imagine a self contained food farm producing 600 lbs of tilapia and 200 lbs of veggies to feed the orphans of Cambry.
Aquaponics combines aquaculture and hydroponics to grow fish and plants together in a symbiotic system. At Kumu Ola farm on Lana'i, water from the fish tanks is pumped to grow beds where various plants remove waste from the water, which is then recycled back to the fish tanks. Kumu Ola aims to create food security for Lana'i by growing food locally with no pesticides or fertilizers using solar power. The aquaponics system addresses issues facing Lana'i's agriculture by using 90% less water and creating its own nutrients from fish waste.
since recycling wastewater for flushing and gardening will reduce freshwater use by 50 to 70 percent, wastewater recycling and reuse is the only option.
RITEWAYS introduces its disruptive wastewater recycling technology, rejuWATER.that works with sunlight and soil.
sewage treatment plant from riteways inspired by nature.
Our rejuWATER sewage treatment plant, design has been appreciated by TERI and used in several green building projects to improve their green rating.
The primary purpose of rejuWATER, sewage treatment plant is the prevention of the spread of disease through communities.
Another advantage is the prevention of pollution and maintaining rivers and streams in a healthy and ecologically sound condition.
Any sewage treatment plant that reliably provides high-quality treated water without wasting a lot of energy or requiring skilled labor. Your freshwater footprint would be reduced by 50 to 70% if you use one of these STPs.
According to the thumb-rule, a home is a traditional five-member household. Sewage from homes has a Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) value of 300 to 600 mg/L, making it relatively easy to recycle. Any small sewage treatment plant (STP) capable of effectively recycling wastewater from kitchen sinks and toilets for reuse in flushing and gardening should be considered. You don't want anything that uses a lot of electricity or needs a lot of maintenance.
STPs are positioned at the lowest point on a property so that all wastewater can be transported there by gravity flow. At this stage, a raw sewage storage tank is built to hold the sewage until it can be treated. Septic tanks or soak pits may be found on older properties that do not have STP.
This document describes an aquaponics project at Greensgrow Farms in Philadelphia that aims to grow food using aquaponics in an urban setting. The project will design an integrated and expandable aquaponics system using Greensgrow's existing involvement in hydroponics and aquaculture. Research was conducted on backyard, home, and commercial aquaponic systems. Concept sketches show indoor and outdoor system designs. The constructed system uses repurposed materials and includes fish tanks, reservoirs, grow beds, and supporting structures.
Urban farming involves growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs in urban areas, like on balconies, rooftops, and empty plots. It has several advantages, including providing fresh and organic food with minimal environmental impact. Modern technologies like coco peat soil, drip irrigation, and greenhouses allow urban farming to be efficient and sustainable even in challenging urban environments. The document proposes developing modular urban farming systems and support networks to help more people engage in urban farming and self-sustainability.
Hunger Below Zero is a social enterprise that aims to curb hunger in Africa through inclusive agricultural growth and improved food access by 2050. It provides infrastructure, training, and support to start and manage micro agri-businesses at the grassroots level in Kenya. This improves food security by increasing utilization of indigenous vegetables and off-season fruits, allowing franchisees to feed their families and earn a living by selling excess produce. It addresses food security and eradicates poverty by employing villagers to operate 1-acre farms using an organic farming method with movable crates for off-season vegetables and fruits.
Hunger Below Zero is a social enterprise that aims to curb hunger in Africa through inclusive agricultural growth and improved food access by 2050. It provides infrastructure, training, and support to start and manage micro agri-businesses at the grassroots level in Kenya. This improves food security by increasing utilization of indigenous vegetables and off-season fruits, allowing franchisees to feed their families and earn a living by selling excess produce. It addresses food security and eradicates poverty through innovative organic farming of vegetables and fruits in movable crates, establishing entrepreneurial farmers trained to supply their communities.
This menu recommends a garden salad with chimichurri or pineapple vinaigrette dressings for $3-6, a braised beef ropa sandwich with avocado, gouda, cucumber and onion for $8, and a tres leches sponge cake drenched in three milks with whipped cream and fruit for $6.
Abono Biotech Industries manufactures and supplies organic fertilizers and products for traditional cultivation methods. The company produces vermicompost, cow manure, and coco peat powder fertilizers as well as coir products and equipment for roof farming. Abono aims to expand its brand of organic products across India and internationally to promote traditional, sustainable agriculture practices and healthier living.
Agrarian Organics aims to change conventional agriculture practices by providing organic farming products that enable safe and affordable food production. Their ocean-harvested mineral products are designed to replace chemical fertilizers and replenish depleted soils. By supplementing soils and crops with minerals and nutrients, they hope to repair ecosystems and secure the future food supply in a sustainable way. Field tests show their products increase crop yields while allowing reduced use of fertilizers and pesticides.
Jonathan Bates, Permaculturist, Co-Author of Paradise Lot
A neglected Holyoke house lot is re-born as a thriving edible forest garden with a wide variety of edible plants and trees. Jonathan Bates offers an overview of how he and his collaborator, Eric Toensmeier, applied principles of permaculture to transform their back and front yards, and how you can do it too.
Presented at the Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming conference at Harvard University on May 3, 2015, organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.
www.bio4climate.org
Aquaponic applications for the small farm are becoming all the rage, but how can it truly produce profitably? You need a complete system that supplies it's own feed that is mercury free, soy free, GMO free.
This document outlines the goals and features of a sustainable homestead called the "ol' dirty farm". The farm strives to grow organic produce and raise goats and chickens to provide food for the family. Key features include a well, raised beds, livestock, and aquaponics. Challenges include repairing the well, finding space for canning and storage, maintaining manure and livestock efficiently, adding fruit trees, and installing a greywater system. Opportunities include enjoying fresh products while improving soil health, overproducing to share with others, and connecting to the land and animals.
Aquaponic applications for the small farm are becoming all the rage, but how can it truly produce profitably? You need a complete system that supplies it's own feed that is mercury free, soy free, GMO free.
This document discusses the history and economics of using cornstalks for beef cattle grazing in Nebraska. It describes the author's family operation that grazes cows, calves, and yearlings on cornstalks from November to February each year without supplemental feed for the cows. Yearlings are supplemented with wet or dry distillers grains. The economics of grazing cattle on cornstalks are favorable compared to other wintering options. The author also notes benefits for animal performance and behavior from grazing on cornstalks and cautions about adequate water access.
The largest solar panel array in northern Tanzania was installed in 2007 at Gibb's Farm to provide hot water, replacing wood-fired systems. It has 40 panels and provides hot water to guest cottages, the kitchen, and for laundry. 100% of greywater is recycled through organic farms and gardens via a reed plant filtration system.
Local craftsmen established a carpenter's guild at Gibb's Farm to teach furniture making and joinery skills. Once restoration is complete, many will continue working in the wood shops, while others have returned to villages with raised skills. A tree nursery plants native tree saplings on the farm and in the community to reforest the environment.
Gibb's Farm
Organica is a proposed residential development that would revolutionize waste management and food production through an integrated system. Residents would have their food waste and faeces processed into organic fertilizer to be used in an on-site urban farm, where crops would be grown and sold back to residents. This closed-loop system aims to reduce pollution, save land and resources, while promoting healthy living. The development would include residential units, an agricultural farm, and a market area, with waste transported through pipes to fertilize crops and minimize food transportation needs.
Adam Foster introduces himself as the co-owner of RSI Green Energy Network and Food Oasis Urban Farmers. He has experience with hydroponics, aquaponics, and growing food for his family. RSI Green Energy Network is proposing a community-based plan to increase produce output and consumption through urban agriculture projects. This would create jobs, educate communities, and reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions. The proposal requests funding to start the "Project Genesis" initiative, which would address issues like food deserts through establishing self-sustaining urban farms.
The first of 7 Aquaponic food farms is in transit and waiting on the volunteers of #givehopeglobal to arrive to begin set up. Just imagine a self contained food farm producing 600 lbs of tilapia and 200 lbs of veggies to feed the orphans of Cambry.
Aquaponics combines aquaculture and hydroponics to grow fish and plants together in a symbiotic system. At Kumu Ola farm on Lana'i, water from the fish tanks is pumped to grow beds where various plants remove waste from the water, which is then recycled back to the fish tanks. Kumu Ola aims to create food security for Lana'i by growing food locally with no pesticides or fertilizers using solar power. The aquaponics system addresses issues facing Lana'i's agriculture by using 90% less water and creating its own nutrients from fish waste.
since recycling wastewater for flushing and gardening will reduce freshwater use by 50 to 70 percent, wastewater recycling and reuse is the only option.
RITEWAYS introduces its disruptive wastewater recycling technology, rejuWATER.that works with sunlight and soil.
sewage treatment plant from riteways inspired by nature.
Our rejuWATER sewage treatment plant, design has been appreciated by TERI and used in several green building projects to improve their green rating.
The primary purpose of rejuWATER, sewage treatment plant is the prevention of the spread of disease through communities.
Another advantage is the prevention of pollution and maintaining rivers and streams in a healthy and ecologically sound condition.
Any sewage treatment plant that reliably provides high-quality treated water without wasting a lot of energy or requiring skilled labor. Your freshwater footprint would be reduced by 50 to 70% if you use one of these STPs.
According to the thumb-rule, a home is a traditional five-member household. Sewage from homes has a Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) value of 300 to 600 mg/L, making it relatively easy to recycle. Any small sewage treatment plant (STP) capable of effectively recycling wastewater from kitchen sinks and toilets for reuse in flushing and gardening should be considered. You don't want anything that uses a lot of electricity or needs a lot of maintenance.
STPs are positioned at the lowest point on a property so that all wastewater can be transported there by gravity flow. At this stage, a raw sewage storage tank is built to hold the sewage until it can be treated. Septic tanks or soak pits may be found on older properties that do not have STP.
This document describes an aquaponics project at Greensgrow Farms in Philadelphia that aims to grow food using aquaponics in an urban setting. The project will design an integrated and expandable aquaponics system using Greensgrow's existing involvement in hydroponics and aquaculture. Research was conducted on backyard, home, and commercial aquaponic systems. Concept sketches show indoor and outdoor system designs. The constructed system uses repurposed materials and includes fish tanks, reservoirs, grow beds, and supporting structures.
Urban farming involves growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs in urban areas, like on balconies, rooftops, and empty plots. It has several advantages, including providing fresh and organic food with minimal environmental impact. Modern technologies like coco peat soil, drip irrigation, and greenhouses allow urban farming to be efficient and sustainable even in challenging urban environments. The document proposes developing modular urban farming systems and support networks to help more people engage in urban farming and self-sustainability.
Hunger Below Zero is a social enterprise that aims to curb hunger in Africa through inclusive agricultural growth and improved food access by 2050. It provides infrastructure, training, and support to start and manage micro agri-businesses at the grassroots level in Kenya. This improves food security by increasing utilization of indigenous vegetables and off-season fruits, allowing franchisees to feed their families and earn a living by selling excess produce. It addresses food security and eradicates poverty by employing villagers to operate 1-acre farms using an organic farming method with movable crates for off-season vegetables and fruits.
Hunger Below Zero is a social enterprise that aims to curb hunger in Africa through inclusive agricultural growth and improved food access by 2050. It provides infrastructure, training, and support to start and manage micro agri-businesses at the grassroots level in Kenya. This improves food security by increasing utilization of indigenous vegetables and off-season fruits, allowing franchisees to feed their families and earn a living by selling excess produce. It addresses food security and eradicates poverty through innovative organic farming of vegetables and fruits in movable crates, establishing entrepreneurial farmers trained to supply their communities.
This menu recommends a garden salad with chimichurri or pineapple vinaigrette dressings for $3-6, a braised beef ropa sandwich with avocado, gouda, cucumber and onion for $8, and a tres leches sponge cake drenched in three milks with whipped cream and fruit for $6.
Abono Biotech Industries manufactures and supplies organic fertilizers and products for traditional cultivation methods. The company produces vermicompost, cow manure, and coco peat powder fertilizers as well as coir products and equipment for roof farming. Abono aims to expand its brand of organic products across India and internationally to promote traditional, sustainable agriculture practices and healthier living.
Agrarian Organics aims to change conventional agriculture practices by providing organic farming products that enable safe and affordable food production. Their ocean-harvested mineral products are designed to replace chemical fertilizers and replenish depleted soils. By supplementing soils and crops with minerals and nutrients, they hope to repair ecosystems and secure the future food supply in a sustainable way. Field tests show their products increase crop yields while allowing reduced use of fertilizers and pesticides.
Agrarian Organics aims to change the future of the food supply by providing organic farming products as an alternative to conventional agriculture which relies heavily on harmful pesticides and fertilizers. Their ocean-harvested mineral products are designed to replenish depleted soils and provide nutrients to crops and livestock. By supplementing soils and crops with minerals and nutrients, they hope to repair damaged ecosystems and secure the future of food sources through sustainable organic practices. Field studies show their products increase crop yields while allowing reduced use of chemical fertilizers.
TURNING ORGANIC WASTE INTO ORGANIC BIOFERTILIZER MicrobeBiomicrobebio
MICROBEBIO started this project with a simple goal - eliminates the need for trash incineration and landfilling by turning organic waste into organic bio-fertilizer
Join a lively conversation about tapping the power of one of our chief assets in the climate struggle: the soil. The panel will discuss the role of farming in adapting to climate change: how vineyards and working lands can contribute to the recovery of resilient landscapes in the face of increasing climatic instability, how mycorrhizal networks regulate nutrient and energy flows, and how those networks are affected by farming practices. The group will also share practical experience on implementing practices on-farm to build soil, increase organic matter and improve the overall health of the landscape on your own property.
The Rodale Institute developed a new compost recipe using amendments like clay, calcium, and humic acid to improve nutrient retention. In initial studies, the amended compost reduced nitrogen losses by up to 90% and phosphorus losses by up to 75% compared to standard compost. During a major rain event, the amended compost also lost less nutrients than standard compost or plain manure. The amendments accelerated the composting process while improving odor reduction and pathogen elimination. Further field tests will explore how the amended compost affects crop yields and nutrient leaching compared to other fertilizers.
Malibu Compost Catalog Fall 2014 e-versionLauren Limbert
Malibu Compost produces certified biodynamic compost, compost teas, and potting soil using organic materials and biodynamic preparations. They source materials from local family farms to sustain small farms and ensure high animal welfare standards. Their products are crafted by hand in small batches according to biodynamic principles to nourish soil life, reduce water and fertilizer needs, and produce stronger plants.
The document discusses how conventional agriculture over the past few decades has led to nutrient depleted and biologically inactive soils. This has caused food to be significantly less nutritious, with nutrition levels declining by 70% compared to food from previous generations. Conventional fertilizers have harmed soil biology like earthworms and fungi that build nutrients. This has increased the need for chemical interventions and created toxic impacts on food, humans, and the environment. Transitioning to regenerative agricultural practices that remineralize soils and boost soil biology can improve soil fertility, food nutrition levels, and farm sustainability and profitability.
This case study examines using sugar beet cultivation and processing to produce bioplastics. Sugar beets are grown and processed to extract their sugar content as beet juice. This juice is fermented using microorganisms, which produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers as a byproduct. The PHA is purified, polymerized, and processed to create bioplastic materials as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics. The process has the advantages of reducing plastic waste and boosting local economies, though it also has disadvantages related to pesticide and fertilizer use during sugar beet cultivation.
REGENERATIVE BRANDS PART 3 - BRANDS AND LOCAL REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREnous sommes vivants
The document discusses how brands can support local regenerative agriculture through traceable products, direct connections with farms, and helping more farmers shift to regenerative practices. It provides examples of brands that trace products back to specific regenerative farms, directly source from local family farms, support farmers who practice regenerative techniques, and aim to increase social fairness standards for farmers.
Eco Quik-Sorb is an oil absorbent made from the kenaf plant that contains beneficial microbes. The kenaf plant grows quickly and its stalk fibers are used to make various paper and absorbent products. Within the kenaf stalk are 13 types of naturally occurring microbes that are able to biodegrade hydrocarbons and carcinogens, cleaning up pollution faster than other methods. These microbes only consume pollutants and do not reproduce once their food source is eliminated, leaving no residue behind. Studies by universities and government agencies have found Eco Quik-Sorb's microbes effectively bioremediate contaminated soils and water.
Local vs. Imported food – Just what does it mean to Australia by Chantelle Ru...Art4Agriculture
The document is a presentation by Chantelle Rushton, a Year 10 student studying Agriculture. It discusses the importance of supporting local Australian farmers and the agricultural industry. Chantelle argues for buying locally grown and produced foods over imported foods due to benefits like job creation, freshness, and reduced carbon emissions from transportation. She promotes the "Australian Grown" brand and educating consumers on where their food comes from through initiatives like farmers markets and kitchen gardens in schools.
The Restaurant Associates at Harvard Business School wants to develop environmental best practices for its dining locations. It will be working with sustainability consultants over the next two months to review current practices and identify ways to reduce its carbon footprint, such as assessing the sustainability of its supply chain and implementing best practices for addressing environmental impacts. Some initiatives being highlighted include using local and organic ingredients, fair trade certified coffee, seafood approved by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and compostable disposables.
Growth and yield performance of bush sitao to the different levels of chicken...Ariash Mae Bermudo
This document summarizes a study on the effects of different levels of chicken dung on the growth and yield of bush sitao plants. It includes the following key points:
1. Bush sitao is a popular vegetable crop in the Philippines that is nutritious but a less efficient source of protein than animal sources. Chicken dung is a potentially good organic fertilizer for bush sitao due to its nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content.
2. The study aims to determine the effects of different levels of chicken dung (0 kg/plot as a control, 1 kg/plot, 1.5 kg/plot, and 2 kg/plot) on bush sitao plant height, number of pods
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This document provides resources and information for organic vegetable gardeners, including book and website recommendations, soil amendment guidelines, planting charts, and cultivation techniques. It recommends the book The Organic Gardeners Handbook as the top book for new organic gardeners. It also provides details on building healthy soil such as applying compost at a rate of 6-12 buckets per 100 square feet annually. Charts outline nutrient sources, heat-tolerant plants, planting amounts per person, and calculations for planning garden plantings.
Organic manure prepared from kitchen waste can produce nutritious vegetables while being environmentally friendly. Currently, Bangladesh soil contains less than 1% organic matter due to overuse of chemical fertilizers instead of organic materials like compost and manure. This is decreasing soil fertility and quality of produce while increasing malnutrition and diseases. Setting up organic manure preparation plants to process urban waste could produce millions of tons of organic fertilizer annually to improve soil and nutritional health for plants and people.
Requested the concerned authority to prepare organic manure with the urban kitchen wastes as well as to supply the same to the farmers level. Farmers will apply the manure to their cropping fields with a view to improve soil health as well as to grow anti-oxidant and other food value rich quality fruits and vegetables.
GFW Office Hours: How to Use Planet Imagery on Global Forest Watch_June 11, 2024Global Forest Watch
Earlier this year, we hosted a webinar on Deforestation Exposed: Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery to Investigate Forest Clearing.
If you missed this webinar or have any questions about Norway’s International Climate & Forests Initiative (NICFI) Satellite Data Program and Planet’s high-resolution mosaics, please join our expert-led office hours for an overview of how to use Planet’s satellite imagery on GFW, including how to access and analyze the data.
Trichogramma spp. is an efficient egg parasitoids that potentially assist to manage the insect-pests from the field condition by parasiting the host eggs. To mass culture this egg parasitoids effectively, we need to culture another stored grain pest- Rice Meal Moth (Corcyra Cephalonica). After rearing this pest, the eggs of Corcyra will carry the potential Trichogramma spp., which is an Hymenopteran Wasp. The detailed Methodologies of rearing both Corcyra Cephalonica and Trichogramma spp. have described on this ppt.
Emerging Earth Observation methods for monitoring sustainable food productionCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Daniela Requena Suarez, Helmholtz GeoResearch Center Potsdam (GFZ) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024
Monitor indicators of genetic diversity from space using Earth Observation dataSpatial Genetics
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8. The growing importance of diverting discarded food from
the waste stream provided us with a special opportunity
to develop a fully integrated system to SEPARATE…
17. It is fine for yard trimmings to be composted to grow more grass on
golf courses or plants in your garden, as the compost produced with
those inputs is of lower nutritional value.
18. But it’s the
nutrients in food
that truly need
to be used to
grow more
healthy food!
That is our
advantage over
everyone else.
19. By necessity, Certified
Organic farming has
historically occurred on
relatively small plots
because the wonderful
principles that govern
those natural farming
practices limit how
nutrition is used to
assist growth.
21. Put another way,
they aren’t able to
get enough
nutrition to their
crops to match
commercial yields.
That’s why Certified
Organic products
are more scarce
and expensive than
their
less-desirable
competitors.
22. What, we
thought, if we
could produce
organically what
conventional,
modern
agriculture does,
without all the
environmental
drawbacks?
23. Our idea – our dream - was to connect the rapidly growing practice of recovering discarded food stuffs
with providing natural, high nutrient soil amendments to facilitate Certified Organic
agriculture on a large scale.
24. We found that through
30 years of investment
in the infrastructure
necessary to acquire
that valuable organic
material that we were
uniquely positioned to
pull this off.
25. Revolution Ranch is
located in the dramatic
Botanie Valley, 8 kms
northeast of the
confluence of the
Thompson and Fraser
Rivers in British
Columbia.
26. One of the
oldest working
farms in the
Province, by
2006 it had
slipped into
disuse and
disrepair.
27. This diverse, 700 acre property
was acquired by Revolution in
2009, with the goal of developing
it into a showpiece of modern
environmental and agricultural
practice.
28. Being a semi-arid
environment, it is
ideal for open
windrow
composting, the
most flexible, tried
and true
composting
process in use on
the planet.
29. Our Ranch has
abundant access to
water and wonderful
growing conditions,
but the soils are
relatively infertile.
In essence, they lack
the organic matter
necessary to support
productive
agriculture.
30. Organic Compost Facility in Yellow
In 2010, before
commencing
construction of our
Facility, we conducted
an intense, year-long
public consultation.
32. …to ensure that all legitimate local and regulatory concerns were
addressed.
33. The result was the
World’s best designed,
constructed and
operated compost
facility.
34. Why is this important?
Because not only do
we take every
precaution to protect
our lands and the
surrounding
environment, the
processes we employ
assures that we
produce the best
quality compost
imaginable.
35. Like fine wine, we
take the proper
amount of time
for our compost
to mature. From
the time the
process begins
until its ready for
use, 18 months
has passed.
36. Most others try
to rush that
process so what
you buy from
them does not
have the proper
pH and is prone
to heat up,
destroying
seeds and
harming plants.
37. What we do at our facility is no different in science or
nature than what is constantly occurring on every forest
and orchard floor around the World.
38. Whereas most
other compost is
produced primarily
from yard
trimmings (the
bark, wood and
leaves) our
feedstock consists
of clean, high
nutrient fruits,
vegetables and
other food
products.
39. +
In order to boost their nutrient content, most other compost operators add
controversial “biosolids” (also known as “sewer sludge”) to their mix.
40. There is growing concern World-wide
that biosolids contain trace elements,
even drugs, that are not eliminated
through the composting process. That
concerns us and apart from the “yuck
factor” is the reason we at Revolution
will NEVER use biosolids in our
process.
42. They may call
what they
produce “Class
A Compost”, but
you need to
determine if
their product
contains any
biosolids.
43. You can rest assured
that our Organic
Compost is “100%
BIOSOLIDS FREE”!
44. But our Organic compost does so much more than just
provide nutrients, it also:
• improves the soil structure, porosity and density, thus
creating a better plant root environment;
• increases infiltration and permeability of soils, reducing
erosion and runoff;
• improves water holding capacity, thus reducing water loss
and leaching in sandy soils such as those found
throughout the TNRD;
• supplies a variety of macro and micronutrients;
• controls and suppresses certain soil-borne plant
pathogens;
• supplies significant quantities of organic matter;
• improves the ability of soils to hold nutrients for plant
use;
• supplies beneficial microorganisms to soils and growing
media;
• Improves and stabilizes soil pH; and
• binds and degrades specific pollutants.
45. This has worked wonders for us!
But what does it mean for you?
47. It can be used as an input for
Certified Organic production…
48.
Well, the nutrients
in our compost are
far superior to any
others. As they
say: “The proof is
in the produce.”
49. The following slides show the development and growth of our Certified Organic Hops field, initially planted in
early July 2015 and just before harvesting in mid-September 2015, less than 10 weeks later.
Hops normally take 3-4 years to mature…
50. “Since organic producers cannot use [nitrate] fertilizers, they must rely on
organic alternatives such as compost”
The following are extracts from a September 2015 letter from one of our happy customers:
51. “For a number of years, we
attempted to produce our own
compost on-site…but the scale was
beyond the abilities of our farm.”
“We have since applied compost
[from Revolution Ranch]… and have
seen significant improvement to our
soil’s organic matter content.”
52. “I will continue to seek
compost in large
quantities from
[Revolution] Ranch...”
53.
“These results demonstrate that with
sufficient compost supplies, organic
yields can be competitive with
conventional growers.”
54. Growing in our compost:
plants on our farm matured
twice as fast as normal – in
two years, not four – our
yield was TWICE the average
and we received TWICE the
price per pound of regular
hops.
This is a game changer:
certified organic farming with
commercial yields and
premium prices!
Please let us know how we
can help you…