[compost_tea] Dennis' credentials WAS Re: composted cow manure on vegetable beds

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:00:47 -0000

---Thanks Ted, I'll be calling. Dennis





In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ted Peterson" <ted.peterson_at_t...>
wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dkemnitz2000
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:13 PM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Dennis' credentials WAS Re: composted cow
manure on vegetable beds
>
>
> --Ted , This year I plan to make compost with wheat and oat
>
> Take the report I sent in on parks and see if you can get your city
to fund a similar project. You can excerpt from the report but
please cite your sources. I would suggest hitting them on toxic run
off into streams and drinking water aquifer pollution that results
from too many nitrates in the soil. You might want to try the public
exposure to toxic chemicals argument. A lot of people don't like
their kids rolling around in chemical fertilizers.
>
> There is a whole new federal guideline coming into effect that
covers storm run off and chemical pollution from asphalt as well as
turf. I am not looking this up but I think it comes under Title 25
of ??? I'll look it up tomorrow and see if I can get the exact
citation. You may be able to use that. If you want to turn them on
to us, I will work out something so that we take a consulting fee and
you get the contract. That way we both do OK and you can continue on
after the first experiments are done. In essence, we would design
the project and you would run the project. After you have been
through it once, you should be able to move forward on your own. We
can still write proposals and such if you need it.
>
> Golf courses are tougher because many are huge chemical users and
use recycled water already. Usually they are huge water users and if
you can show even a 15% reduction in potable water use, you will be
saving them a lot of money. I don't know what an acre-foot of water
is going for out there but here it is jumping 1000%. I think I would
stress water reduction and reduced management costs long term. Read
the report and see if you find anything in it you can use as an
argument. You may want to skip to the conclusions and recommendatons
and then backtrack to find substantiation in the report.
>
> Anyway, I would hit a bunch of people and also see if your city has
a Utilities Conservation Department. Usually these guys are under
some pressure to reduce muni use of water so you might get a test
project with them that can be expanded into Parks and Rec.
>
> If you use us, you may be able to skip the test project and go
right into implementation. We have done it and are implementing our
system for the whole city and starting to get the state interested.
Call and we can talk about it if you are interested. If not, good
luck and I will help where I can.
>
> Ted Peterson
> Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
> (805) 534-9605



 
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