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[compost_tea] Re: announcement



A great idea with some good leadership.

However the membership schedule seems a little harsh compared to the 
other
industry groups I belong to.
AZH, Association of Zoological Horticulture is $100 USD for commercial
memberships. IA Irrigation Association membership is $55 USD. Now I
understand the need to raise funds, but $200 for a small business and 
$500
for a corporate membership, is excessive for a newly forming 
organization
IMHO.

I must justify my expenditures both to the corporation I work for and 
my
personal accountant...where's the beef?

Tom Jaszewski
www.livesoil.com
702-595-7012




--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Seaneen <creatgardn@a...>" 
<creatgardn@a...> wrote:
>   We are proud to be making the following 
> 
announcement...                                                       
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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>                                                                     
 
> COMPOST TEA INDUSTRY COUNCIL FORMED
> Bellevue, Washington
> 
>  
> 
> Recognizing that advances in compost tea making have created the 
need 
> to insure the confidence of the growing consumer public using and 
> brewing compost teas, several members of the industry today 
announced 
> formation of The International Compost Tea Council.  "The ICTC  is 
a 
> non-profit organization dedicated to the science and integrity of 
> compost tea," explained Tina Peterson, the acting Executive 
Director 
> of the group. 
> 
>  
> 
> The use of compost tea in organic gardening and farming as well as 
> for yard care has grown dramatically in the past five years.  "It 
has 
> only been recently that scientists have begun to understand, test 
for 
> and document the full range of interactions of beneficial micro-
> organisms in soils and their importance to plants. We want to make 
> sure that this science is applied properly," Peterson continued.
> 
>  
> 
> "It has become obvious that an organization was needed to 
acknowledge 
> and answer questions, provide supporting research and information, 
> and try and unify the voices of this new industry," explained one 
of 
> the incorporating members, Steve Burstkern, an independent tea 
> consultant. "In addition to questions from the public, regulating 
> agencies also need sound, scientific data," he added.
> 
>  
> 
> The modern day use of compost tea is an offshoot of better 
> understanding of soil science brought about in the past 18 years 
> largely a result of the electron microscope. Aerating a compost, 
> water and microbial nutrient mix makes today's compost teas a vast 
> improvement over passive, anaerobic compost and water teas 
previously 
> used. 
> 
>  
> 
> It is out of this science that a new technology, though based on 
> older natural methods, has been born. " The manufacture of aerobic 
> compost tea and brewers and tea application itself have resulted in 
a 
> growing industry. On top of everything else, we need to set a 
> standard to insure the highest quality within our own industry 
> first," added Leon Hussey, manufacturer of a home brewer and 
another 
> of the incorporating members, "and an industry wide council is the 
> way to do that best."
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Membership is open to all individuals interested in compost tea, 
from 
> the homeowner to the professional brewer manufacturer and all 
related 
> industries.
> 
> Providing education and information for all levels of expertise is 
a 
> key role for this group. The ICTC will be hosting seminars on 
compost 
> tea and organic practices. Visit www.intlctc.org 
> <http://www.intlctc.org/> for information and science on compost 
tea, 
> events, news, information, standards and membership requirements.


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