Aspiring Farmer Compost Operator Training Workshop

October 15 2011

Calling all young and aspiring farmers!

The Aspiring Farmer Compost Operator Training Workshop is designed for students currently enrolled in agricultural programs. Workshop participants will gain valuable and desirable agricultural skills to take to farms or compost operations they may start or work at.

This Compost Operator Certificate is recognized by the State of VT Agency of Natural Resources for composters required to obtain a solid waste permit for handling food scraps.

This daylong workshop is focused on operator competency in compost management and regulatory compliance, and includes a dynamic combination of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on exercises designed to ensure an effective combination of operator understanding and application.

Topics covered include:

• principles of composting,
• compost site identification and layout,
• compost recipe development,
• feedstock combining methods,
• windrow construction,
• pile monitoring,
• windrow aeration,
• aerated static pile composting,
• mortality composting,
• compost screening,
• site and operating permit requirements, and
• testing and reporting requirements

Come join us for an immersion in composting and an opportunity to connect with other aspiring farmers in the region!

Date: October 15 2011
Time: Registration begins at 7:30
Workshop begins at 8am and ends at 4:30pm

Cost: $10; no one is turned away for lack of funds

Location: Highfields Center for Composting’s Compost Research and Education Facility, Wolcott Vermont

Registration and Questions:

Use our Registration Form

or

Contact Tyler Buswell, (802) 472-5138 ext 202

or by email at:

info@highfieldscomposting.org




This certification program has been funded through a Supplemental Environmental Program by the Chittenden Solid Waste District in agreement with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture Agricultural Innovation Center.