John A. Crockett, Sr.
Education: B.S. from NYU, , Major in Business Administration with a strong
background in accounting
Since the Fall of 1993, primary focus has been developing composting, with developing food residuals composting being the primary focus since January of 2000.
In
the Fall of 1999, started developing our compost research silos, which since
have gone through many upgrades. The compost research silo work has
enabled getting answers to practical questions from hands on experience,
including the aeration 'requirements' for optimizing the productivity of the
microbes that do the actual composting. A Google search for "compost
research silos" often brings up our work as 7 of the top 8 search results.
The photo shows part of the compost research silo lab.
A Google search for "composting + forced aeration" is likely to bring up our work as 2 of the top 3 search results.
A Google search for "John Crockett + composting" brings up many pages of search results.
Toastmasters International; Putnam Speaks, 2009 - Present, earned Competent Communicator and working on advanced level.
2004 & 2008; Speaker at regional and National composting conferences on Practical Hands-On Research in food composting.
1993 - present, visited over 40 composting facilities around the United States, always with an eye on what we can learn to enable our improving the composting process.
In the Fall of 2002, developed our Dynamic Bio-Filtering technology which has demonstrated its ability to efficiently completely remove all foul odors.
1999 - 2000, NYSERA $75,000 R&D Grant. Part of that research involved composting prison food waste at Green Haven Farm, a prison farm in Stormville, part of the New York State Dept. of Corrections; composting on a concrete pad, using an aeration system that John developed.
Started composting in August of 1993, contracting with Old Salem Farm in North Salem, New York, to manage their 'manure' pile. 75 horse barn, at times 'managing' over 10,000 cubic yards of "compost". Invaluable learning experiences.
In March of 1994 I worked out a similar contract with High Court Farm, about 4 miles from the above farm. HCF is about 50 horses; In 1998 we built and put into service the first diesel powered compost aeration blower in the world, along with designing and building a 157' long aeration manifold, all of which performed beyond our highest expectations. Invaluable learning experiences.
In the Spring of 1995, added a similar contact with Big Elm Farm, about 8 miles North of the above farms. BEM farm had about 35 horses.
From about 1988, and continuing while I was doing the composting at the above farms, I did landscape design and installation, self employed.
MicroSoft Project 2007. We have developed an in depth project plan for developing the new facility, including the construction. Project planning, including "Critical Path" is vital to efficient project management, execution. An important part of Critical Path management is identifying predecessors, sequencing. While the whole project may seem "overwhelming", when we break it down to its component tasks, focusing on a single task at a time, it is very manageable. The only part of this project that seems overwhelming to me is the funding part, and that is why I am seeking partner(s) to help with that part of it. More on that can be found by clicking here.
Spreadsheets: We are, by our own choice, a Corel office, using QuattroPro and WordPerfect, because, based on our knowledge of these programs and MicroSoft Office, the Corel software is considerably more powerful and easier to use.
