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Subject: Turning Organic Waste into $$$
Composting and Waste Management Workshop
SAVING AND MAKING MONEY FROM ORGANIC WASTES:
A WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT
February 16-17 - Weston Plaza - Twin Falls, Idaho
Nationally recognized experts from throughout the United
States will discuss waste management practices that result
in beneficial reuse of waste materials or the production of
a commercial product from waste materials. Participants
will learn how to use waste materials generated by
communities, food processing, and agriculture as sources of
energy, crop nutrients, or saleable products
GENERAL SESSION - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16
10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Introduction - Organic Waste Generation and Use in the
Magic Valley
Gary O'Neal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10 Seattle, WA.
Being Creative - Recognizing the Value in Your Waste
Materials
Scott Butner: Shapiro & Associates Seattle, WA
Deriving New Commercial Products from Organic Materials -
An Overview of Current and Emerging Applications
Larry Branen: University of Idaho
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 1:00 pm to
3:00 pm, repeated 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY SESSION 1: RECYCLING FARM RESIDUES
Composting Crop Residues:
1. Alfalfa Seed Screenings
Phil Mamer: Idaho Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Animal Health
2. Potato Culls
Wayne Jones: U. of Idaho Coop.
Extension Ben Stutzman, INEL
3. Grass Straw
Steve Glasser, Glasser Farm, Inc. Tangent, OR
Getting the Most from Manure Via Land Application
Mark Moser: RCM, Inc. Berkeley, CA 94704
WEDNESDAY SESSION 2: RECOVERING VALUE FROM FOOD BY-
PRODUCTS
Waste Audits - The First Step in Retrieving Resources
from Food Processing Waste: Examples of Oil and Energy
Recovery
Dave Drown: University of Idaho
Technologies and Practices that Recover Value From Food
Processing Wastes
Joan Cloonan: J.R. Simplot Food Group Boise, ID
Bio-Degradable Plastics From Food By-Products
Pat Bonsignore: Argonne National Laboratories
Argonne, IL
WEDNESDAY SESSION 3: COMMERCIAL-SCALE PROCESSES THAT
RECOVER ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS FROM DIVERSE ORGANIC WASTE
MATERIALS
Gasification of Manures & Other Organic Materials to
Produce Energy and Commercial Chemicals
Chris Petersen: Infrasystems Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Biological Processing of Organic Wastes to Recover
Energy, Fiber and Organic Fertilizer
Rick Mattocks: Unisyn Biowaste Technology Seattle,
WA
Chemical/Thermal Conversion of Organic Wastes to an
"Enriched Organic Fertilizer"
A. Rees Clark: Environmental Concerns, Inc.
Issaquah, WA
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 8:00 am to
10:00 am repeated 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
THURSDAY SESSION 1: AGRICULTURAL USES OF COMMUNITY-
GENERATED WASTES
Land Application of Waste Paper as a Soil Amendment and
Erosion Control for Crop Production
Jim Edwards, USDA/ARS Auburn University Auburn, AL
Agricultural Uses for Community-Generated Leaves, Grass
and Other Yard Trimmings
Tom Nally, Cornell Cooperative Extension Rochester,
NY
The Benefits of Applying Biosolids (Sewage Sludge) to
Cropland
Gary Wegner: Wegner Farm Reardan, WA
THURSDAY SESSION 2: AQUACULTURE WASTE MATERIALS
Large-Scale Composting of Fish Wastes - A Cooperatively
Developed Facility
Brian Egan: Pacific BioWaste British Columbia
Canada
Producing Commercial Fertilizer from Fish Processing
Wastes
Duncan Law: Advanced Hydrolyzing Systems Astoria,
OR
Using Worms to "Compost" Manure on a Commercial Scale
Al Cardoza: Rainbow Worm Farm Davis, CA
THURSDAY SESSION 3: FARM-SCALE PROCESSES THAT RECOVER
ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS FROM MANURE AND OTHER ORGANIC
MATERIALS
Production and Use of Methane from Manure and Other
Organic Wastes
Mark Moser: RCM, Inc. Berkeley, CA
"AgSTAR" - EPA's Program to Help Farmers Recover Methane
from Manures
Kurt Roos: AgSTAR Program, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Washington, DC
Profiting from Manure - A Vermont Farm's Successful
Integration of Methane Recovery, Composting and Product
Marketing
Don Brumfield: Vermont Natural Ag. Products, Foster
Brothers Farm Middlebury, VT
GENERAL SESSION - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Markets for Waste-Derived Organic Fertilizers/Soil
Amendments
Rod Tyler: Kurtz Bros.,Inc Medina, OH
"AARC" - USDA'S Program to Support Innovative Uses for
Agricultural By-Products
Robert Armstrong: Alternative Agriculture Research
Center, USDA Washington, D.C.
Financing Innovative Waste Management Systems
Joe Glick: Region IV Development Association Twin
Falls, ID
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Cost $40 (add $10 if registering at conference site)
includes two luncheons and breaks and notebook.
Registration must include Name, Affiliation, Business
Address & Phone. May be paid by check made payable to UI
Conference Services, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
83844-3222. Conference Services can also accept PO's,
Master Charge, or Visa. Registration may be FAXED to
(208) 885-5738.
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Questions??
Contact:
Bob Rynk
Agricultural Engineering
University of Idaho
(208) 885-7626
or
Dean Falk
Twin Falls R & E Center
(208) 736-3609
For those needing lodging, contact Westin Plaza, Twin
Falls, ID (208) 733-0650 room rates are $36.40 per night.