Lac Lawrann Conservancy
The Dirt on Soil: Building Soil One Compost Pile at a Time
Science for Everyone Lecture Series- April 17, 2018 at 7:00pm
​at Lac Lawrann Conservancy

 
The International Year of Soils was declared by the United Nations in 2015, and December 5th has been ushered in as World Soils Day.  Why all the attention to the ground beneath our feet?
 
Join us for a compelling evening exploring the dynamic world of soil and the reasons why it is so important to care for it, support local- sustainable food efforts, and re-create it, with nature, by implementing home and farm compost systems.  Come ready to learn Compost 101 for a promising gardening season and to safeguard one of our most threatened natural resources!

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Building Soil One Compost Pile at a Time
Port Washington Main Street Winter Market- April 28, 2018
 Market 9am-1pm/ Presentation 11:30am-12pm
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Join Angela Curtes, owner of Grounded LLC to explore the dynamic world of soil and the reasons why it is so important to care for it, support local- sustainable food efforts, and re-create it, with nature, by implementing home and farm compost systems.  Come ready to learn Compost 101 for a promising gardening season and to safeguard one of our most threatened natural resources!

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Elsewhere Farm Compost Workshop
Herbster, WI

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Introductory biodynamic heat controlled compost workshop for local sustainable farming groups.  Installed a 20 foot compost windrow as part of the training.

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Michael Fields Agriculture Institute "Composting with a Purpose" Workshop
East Troy, WI

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Compost workshop and field day that explored the role of high quality compost on soil fertility and environmental systems challenged by today’s agricultural practices.

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Friends of Lac Lawrann Wildflower and Perennial Sale Soil Potting Mix
West Bend, WI

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Provides compost base for potting mix for wildflower and perennial planting to prevent the spread of jumping earthworm.

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 Camp Cabarita Compost Systems
Jamaica

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Designed and installed controlled heat compost system using fallen orchard & banana leaves and pig manure. 

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 Large-Scale Goat Farm
​Compost Pilot Project
​Port Washington, WI

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Design, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of a Large-Scale Controlled Heat Biodynamic Compost System
​on a 700-animal goat farm. 

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,  Mid Kettle Moraine Partners
Southeast WI

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Co-chairing a partnership group committed to establishing a ​thriving continuous green corridor in the Mid Kettle Moraine - a landscape of long braided ridges, rounded hills, potholes, lakes and wetlands created ten thousand years ago ​by the last continental glaciers.

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  Prairie Hill Waldorf School
Waukesha, WI

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Offered teacher training to re-invigor compost system for school and garden use. 

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,  Yggdrasil Land Foundation
East Troy, WI

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Provided land management services to support Yggdrasil's mission whose purpose is to catalyze the viability of biodynamic, organic, and sustainable farming for food security and the health of communities through land access for farmers, stewardship, and renewal.