John Crockett's Blog on Composting

Promoting Professionalism in Composting

A thriving economy, vibrant health for all, peace and environmental sustainability, can we have it all? YES, we can, when we focus on dancing in harmony with Nature and one another, co-creating for our common well being

clock May 22, 2010 14:47 by author John

Collectively, society, the human species needs visionary investors to invest in regional food composting facilities, combined with our technologies for efficient, neighbor and environmentally friendly composting.

This is regional infrastructure vital to creating a sustainable future for humanity. The benefits go far beyond reducing "waste". The finished compost can restore health to the soil, so the soil can yield more food with a far higher nutrient density. Chemical / industrialized agriculture as too commonly practiced, is counter productive, yielding nutrient deficient mass that cannot possibly support a healthy immune system in those fed on that "phude" (adulterated food).

Mother Nature provided for abundance. Ponder the number of kernels on an ear of corn, each a seed with the potential of creating another ear of corn. IF only 5% of those seeds are saved, and yield an ear of corn each, and if there are 300 kernels, average, per ear, that is 1500% increase in a single growing cycle, over two growing cycles, 225X, and over 3 growing cycles, 3,375X. Yes, Nature provides for abundance. We, YOU and I, have to become stewards of the soil, and responsible managers of our resources.

We look forward to expanding our plant growth research, and from what we have already done, we KNOW that our compost yields awesome results, that there is NO need for the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. We KNOW that organic can yield far more nutrition, better health, a far more sustainable system.

We recognize that there have been many composting operations that have not been good neighbors, that have released foul odors, and some that have endangered ground water quality. We recognize that many composting facilities have been only marginally profitable, or not even that.

We believe that food composting should be done on a concrete composting pad, under roof, with aeration veins built into the composting pad, with the aeration system designed to harness the proven ability of our Dynamic Bio-Filters to eliminate all foul odors. Our number crunching consistently says that to be financially sustainable, economy of scale means it’s got to be regional, over 600tpd. (Tons per day coming in) and the tipping fee has to be over $55 per ton coming in.

 

We've had corn grow to over 12' tall in some of our compost amended soil, so we know it is possible.

While composting is a ‘natural process’, commercial composting, and particularly food composting, requires uncommon knowledge on much more than just how to eliminate foul odors, and front end marketing. We started composting in 1993, and I can tell you that we’ve learned a lot since then, that it is not nearly as simple as we thought it was going to be.

Waste is a human invention. There is no waste in nature. There is tremendous potential in food waste and capturing and unleashing that potential takes visionary leadership and investors.

 

 

While in many industries managers recognize the importance of checking up on their production workers, in composting, since our primary production workers are microbes, checking up on them is significantly more challenging, requiring a powerful microscope and working understanding of the associated laboratory procedures. Without being able check up on the microbial master composters is ‘working blind’, and inhibiting the ability to become more efficient. We’ve invested in the ability to check up on our workers, to enable us to better empower those naturally occurring microbial master composters, and have found over 5.47 billion in a single teaspoonful of early stage compost.

We’re looking for a few special people who are skilled at growing startups, that would like to be part of a team that will provide massive value to society and our environment, enjoy the process, and share in the well earned profit that will be the byproduct of our vision, our providing massive material benefits to society and our environment.

If you’re that kind of person, or can help lead us to that sort of person, please contact us. More information can be found at http://www.magicsoil.com and http://www.magicsoil.com/success.

John Crockett, CEO
Mother Nature’s Farms
Carmel, New York
jac@magicsoil.com
1 (845) 225-7763

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Seeking an experienced executive to help grow the food composting business

clock April 11, 2010 15:01 by author John

High on our list of under-utilized resources in the world today is the wisdom, insights and skills of Keenagers who were forced to ‘retire’ from businesses, people who have skills in growing businesses.

I always try to also think ‘from the other side of the table’, from the other person’s perspective. If I were in that position, I sure would welcome an opportunity to use my skills, knowledge and insights, and invest some of my own accumulated capital, to make this a better world, including being really appreciated for my being a key team player.

If you are a Keenager (Senior Citizen) who has a wealth of knowledge, skills and resources; and you would like to create a legacy, can you imagine teaming up with some others who have cutting edge technology, to provide massive value to society and our environment, and earn a nice return as a byproduct of providing that value? Even if you haven’t reached "Keenager" status, you may be interested.

I have the illusion that some of these people crave the opportunity to use their talents and some of their accumulated resources to help provide massive value to society and our environment, particularly in sustainable ways that will save everyone money, and earn a nice profit. As a team leader, creating team synergy, cultivating people, is a priority. The world needs the best that we can collectively co-create. "TEAM" means Together Everybody Achieves More.

"Waste" is a major problem, and a human invention. There is no waste in nature. Furthermore, much of our ‘waste’ is organic, food waste, which can be responsibly composted, creating MagicbioSoil, which can then be used to restore life and vitality to our soil, so that re-vitalized soil can yield healthy, nutrient dense organic food, without any of the devastating affects caused by ‘modern’ industrialized agricultural practices. We’ve had corn grow to over 12’ tall in compost amended soil.

Composting can be done responsibly, and profitably, utilizing technologies that we’ve developed through over 15 years of hands-on research. Sadly, most composting has been problematic, and possibly also not profitable, because it has not given due consideration to the needs of the naturally occurring microbes that do the composting. We take a holistic approach, in part, thinking like microbes. Could that be the reason I am also known as "Dr. Mike Robe"?

Over ten years ago we started developing our compost research silo lab, which has gone through many enhancements over the years. On April 2nd, 2010, we put into service our first "Super Tall Compost Research Silo" which can hold compost over 8' deep, to give us first hand data, facts, on compost that deep. If you Google search: "compost research silos", you’ll likely find that 7 of the top 8 search results point to our work. Our research has focused on getting answers to practical questions on how to improve the composting process, which has given us major competitive advantages.

If you believe you have major skills in building a startup, and would like to make this a better world, and know how to raise capital, we invite you to contact us and see how we can create a double win. And you may know others who have a proven record of growing startups and can get them to contact us.

As quickly as the first facility is up and running, we envision replicating it many times over, all over the world. There is a massive need for our technology, as much to rebuild soil quality, as to solve the waste problem. We’ve got to rebuild the soil quality as step one of creating a sustainable supply of nutrient dense food that will make for healthy people.

We’ve approached composting holistically, science, business, environment and recognizing that we’ve got to be a good neighbor. We learned back in 1995 that many of the popular beliefs in the composting industry simply did not stand up to scientific testing, and that led us on a quest for facts, to figure out how to transform ‘food waste’ into MagicbioSoil and earn a nice profit at the same time.

Since one of our finished product target markets will be golf courses, can you imagine having a meeting on a golf course that is using our MagicbioSoil , showing a potential business client how nice our MagicbioSoil performs on golf courses, enabling the golf courses to eliminate the use of carcinogenic turf chemicals? Claims are cheap, but for the business associate to play the course, to see that MagicbioSoil delivers, is demonstrating the magic in our product.

Can you imagine business meetings on a floating office / conference center? Fine tuning the composting process, harnessing natural resources like the microbes, is a bit like trimming the sails to get the best performance from the wind. Would it be rough having a week long brain storming meeting in the Caribbean in January or February?

Working Together to Create a Sustainable World,
John Crockett, CEO
Mother Nature’s Farms
Carmel, New York
jac@magicsoil.com
http://www.magicsoil.com
http://www.magicsoil.com/success
1 (845) 225-7763

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