Compost “Tea Talks”
A CAV Video Learning Collection
Solid Waste Management rules relevant to compost operations.
Solid Waste Management rules relevant to compost operations, with guests Ben Gauthier from VT Department of Environmental Conservation, and Mike Nork and Paige Wilson form NH Department of Environmental Services. Originally recorded Oct 4, 2022. One in a series of Compost “Tea Talks" (a play on "coffee talks") - online trainings and discussions to support community-oriented on-farm food scrap composting.
How can we interpret soil tests and fertility recommendations for compost use?
When you get your soil tests back, they often include information about fertilizer use. But how does this translate to compost use? In this video, the CAV technical service team looks at what soil tests tell you (and what they don't), what the numbers mean, and how to "translate" the information for getting the most out of your compost. Special guest Wendy Sue Harper teaches the soils and composting session for the Vermont Master Gardeners training and the compost biology session for Master Composters and is an expert in the fields of ecological agriculture, soil science, and composting. Her business, WSH Consulting in Monkton, VT, provides educational and technical services to the farming and gardening community.
Lynn Fang presents the microscopy introduction “As Above, So Below: A Whole Systems Perspective on Soil Ecology.” One in a series of Compost “Tea Talks" (a play on "coffee talks") - online trainings and discussions to support community-oriented on-farm food scrap composting. A short accompanying pdf can be found here.
Curious about the invisible world of soil microorganisms? In this recording of the August 2023 Compost "Tea Talk" - titled “As Above, So Below: A Whole Systems Perspective on Soil Ecology” - special guest Lynn Fang, a soil scientist who runs the Soil Sessions Community Microscopy program at LA Compost (https://www.lacompost.org/soil-sessions), shares a whole systems perspective of how aboveground design and management practices influence soil health, structure, and microbial ecology, and vice versa.
0:00 Introduction to the session
2:30 Lynn Fang presents “As Above, So Below: A Whole Systems Perspective on Soil Ecology”
25:06 Q&A and discussion
35:00 More microscopy photos and videos discussed
39:58 Review of microscopy keys
44:12 Q&A and discussion.
A short accompanying pdf can be found here.
Opportunities and challenges of compost heat recovery systems.
You're finally reaching those hot composting temps and realize that you could do a lot with all that heat if you could capture and redirect it... Have you been wondering how to do this? In this video, special guest Brian Jerose of Agrilab Technologies explores the opportunities and challenges that come with different scales of compost heat recovery systems, from do-it-yourself to state-of-the-art.
Agricultural regulations as they pertain to on-farm food scrap composting.
Agricultural regulations as they pertain to on-farm food scrap composting, with guest speakers Stephanie Smith and Laura DePietro from Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM); and Bay Hammond from Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF). Originally recorded Feb 1, 2023. One in a series of Compost “Tea Talks" (a play on "coffee talks") - online trainings and discussions to support community-oriented on-farm food scrap composting.