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USE.314-Biological Indicators and Compost for Managing Plant Disease on Vegetable Crops-AC23.CREF

Compost recipe, choice of post-thermophilic process, and duration of curing (maturation) of composts influences the assembly of bacterial and fungal communities. Different pathogens on different crops require a different combination of microorganisms and/or mechanisms suggesting the need for “designer composts”.Speakers: Deborah NeherDuration: 26 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

POL.222-Community Composters – An Emerging Sector-AC23.USCC

CACC is well positioned to provide local governments and waste agencies with strong evidence that, given continued and adequate public funding and technical assistance, decentralized community composting can contribute in a significant way to California’s methane reduction and compost facility development targets under SB 1383.Speakers: Kourtnii Brown, Gina Vollano, Lynn Fang, Sashti Balu, Tess Feigenbaum,… Continue reading POL.222-Community Composters – An Emerging Sector-AC23.USCC

PRO.114-Everything you Need to Know about Maintaining your Equipment, part 2-AC23.USCC

Discussion around the general machine and site maintenance, best practices, and taking care of your machine for a better user experience. Maintenance – Part 2 (2-3:30pm) • Organization and planning • Label and checklist • Predictive maintenance practices • Properly torqued fasteners • Engine maintenance best practice • Leveraging connected technologies • Smart scheduling •… Continue reading PRO.114-Everything you Need to Know about Maintaining your Equipment, part 2-AC23.USCC

FAC.225-SB 1383: A Regional Approach, Orange County CA-AC23.USCC

The design and permitting challenges encapsulate a variety of common and site-specific hurdles encountered during project, no matter the location. It is important to understand the specific challenges of a proposed site and consider the above challenges when initiating an organics management facility design/permitting project.Speakers: Gregory SaulDuration: 20 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course… Continue reading FAC.225-SB 1383: A Regional Approach, Orange County CA-AC23.USCC

PRO.219-IIOT Innovations for Odor and Fire Prevention-AC23.USCC

The use of IIOT solutions can mitigate and prevent safety and compliance issues but further development is needed to ensure the security of operators and businesses alike and to ensure that the composting industry is not contributing to environmental hazards such as wildfires and air pollution.Speakers: Jake SaavedraDuration: 13 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase… Continue reading PRO.219-IIOT Innovations for Odor and Fire Prevention-AC23.USCC

POL.125-The New NRCS Soil Carbon Standard–What Does It Mean?-AC23.USCC

The purpose of the NRCS Soil Carbon Amendment Practice Standard (336 and 808) is to use amendments derived from plant or animal residues to Improve or maintain soil organic matter, sequester carbon and enhance soil carbon (C) stocks, improve soil aggregate stability, and Improve habitat for soil organisms. The practice can be applied to Crop,… Continue reading POL.125-The New NRCS Soil Carbon Standard–What Does It Mean?-AC23.USCC

FAC.223-Conservation and Reuse of Water in Aerated Composting Operations-AC23.USCC

Approaches and Concepts surrounding water use in the composting process, Water collection and reuse approaches in design and operations that keep water used at the right time, applied in a easy way and separated, properly treated and stored for compost facilities to reuse it.Speakers: Jeff GageDuration: 22 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

BUS.238-Bringing Commercial Composting to Non-Composting Regions: A case Study of Composting in Nassau, Bahamas-AC23.USCC

How to introduce commercial scale composting in a place that has never done it before and is not “set up” to do it from a regulatory or system perspective: operational and business lessons learned, public education and outreach, innovative compost applications.Speakers: Geoffrey StarinDuration: 19 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

BUS.121-School Food Waste Composting and Reusables Program-AC23.USCC

That you, whomever you are, who is interested in helping your community with waste diversion and composting, can absolutely start this program in your local schools. We will provide the educational resources and “how-to” guide to do this. This program works wonders with normalizing composting and waste diversion with youth.Speakers: Gretchen LosanoDuration: 29 minutesCredits: 0.5Member… Continue reading BUS.121-School Food Waste Composting and Reusables Program-AC23.USCC