From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduThu Sep 7 12:03:17 1995 Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 08:22:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture Subject: Luebke Seminars: CMC Compost & Humus Mgm't (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 10:09:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Steve Diver To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: Luebke Seminars: CMC Compost & Humus Mgm't Sustainable Aggies & Farmers: The following announcement is posted for your information. * * * * * * ============================================================ Luebke Seminars, Fall 1995 ============================================================ CMC Compost and Humus Management seminars will be held in the United States again this fall in two locations: Pennsylvania and California. The courses will be taught by Uta Luebke, Angelika Luebke, and Urs Hildebrandt of Austria. The Luebkes manage an organic vegetable/dairy sheep farm and developed the Controlled Microbial Composting (CMC) technique through years of on-farm research. CMC may be defined as an intensive methodology of efficiently producing a consistent, high-quality aerobic compost. Humus management is the systematic program of incorporating these biologically-active composts, along with specific green manuring and tillage techniques, to quickly and effectively re-establish nutrient & carbon cycling, storage capacity, tilth, and microbial activity to the soil. ============================================================= CMC Humus Management Course ============================================================= Course Topics: Overview of integrated soil building techniques such as green manuring, tillage, composting, and crop rotations. Slides of farm soils, research, and microphotography of the clay-humus crumb will clearly show the importance of microbial activity in soil, and also, how to manage soils with composts and green manures treated with microbial inoculants. Introduction to circular chromatography, colorimetric humus test, lab procedures, and interpretation of soil chromas, organic matter, and humus content. Schedule & Location: Lancaster, PA November 9-11 Hollister, CA November 27-29 and November 30-December 2 * The first day can also be attended as a single lecture ============================================================= CMC Composting Course ============================================================= Course Topics: Compost site & materials selection, construction and monitoring of windrows using the Controlled Microbial Composting method, correction and balancing of moisture, structure and C/N factors, testing compost for finishedness, compost quality assessment and use. This is a "hands on" composting class, revolving around on-site building and monitoring of compost windrows. Schedule & Location: Lancaster, PA November 13-16 Hollister, CA December 4-9 and December 11-16 ============================================================= Information and registration ============================================================= East Coast: Autrusa Compost Consulting P.O. Box 1133 Blue Bell, PA 19422 (610) 825-2973 (610) 825-3982 Fax West Coast: Herbert Ranch P.O. Box 65 Hollister, CA 95024 (408) 637-5517 (408) 637-0139 Fax