High-tech Compost Talk in Palo Alto
John Miedema
SVII
Silicon Valley Innovation Institute
http://svii.net/high-tech-compost/
Feb 1st: High-tech Compost – Advanced Biological Conversion Technology
Come and explore innovative new approaches to create value from what most consider to be waste.
Biogas and Biochar can be integrated with organic waste management facilities to produce greater efficiency as well as create value added products with environmental, social and economic benefits.
By adding Biochar to soils can increase the drought resistance of crops, protect waterways (by reducing fertilizer/pesticide runoff), increase the biodiversity of the soil biota, and enhance overall soil fertility for the long term.
John Miedema is an internationally recognized expert on biochar systems. As founder of the Pacific Northwest Biochar Initiative (PNW Biochar), John has been taking a leadership role in biochar advocacy and research. He is the Director of Biomass Energy for Thompson Timber and Starker Forests in Corvallis, Oregon where John operates an integrated pyrolysis and gasification facility that produces biochar.
Howards Sprouse is an expert in the remediation industry. He has served as a
consultant to Battelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory assisting with their efforts at developing mycoremediation technology, (the use of fungi to clean a variety of organic contaminants.)
He is the founder of The Remediators Incorporated, an environmental service company specializing mycoremediation and other biological remediation systems.
John and Howard are a founding members of the Oregon Biochar Corp, who’s focus is integrating biochar production into biogas plants and composting systems.
John Miedema
Director of Biomass Energy
Thompson Timber Company
Wk cell 541-740-3652
Biochar Enthusiast
Founder, PNW Biochar Initiative
