A recent composting workshop held at Tocal College Paterson was organised 'Compost as a Catalyst Making the Transition'.
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Farmers, food waste recyclers and soil carbon industry representatives attended the one day event.
Guest speakers included David Sivyer, Lee Fieldhouse, Michelle Miller and Bruce Maynard.
Mr Sivyer spoke about composting of food waste in urban areas something he has done in the Newcastle area for number of years.
Currently Mr Sivyer is working with local councils to create a circular agricultural system where food waste is managed and turned into compost - a resource for urban farming.
Mr Fieldhouse owner of Biocast from Island Biologicals based at Oxley Island near Taree. He is a vermicompost specialist. This process uses worms to eat partially composted organic waste turning it into a worm castings. The worm casting is mixed with water to create which he calls, a biocast which is liquid vermicast bio-stimulant.
The biocast can be used as a foliar spray, seed dressing, a transplant drench or through fertigation systems.
Mr Fieldhouse said one of the waste streams he incorporates into his biocast is the paunch waste from Wingham Meat Exporters abattoir. Only the paunches from grassfed cattle are used.
Louise Nichols
From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.
From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.
