A seminar for municipalities, consultants, farmers, agribusiness and anyone else interested in the state of biosolids beneficial use and the growing demand for the materials in agriculture.
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017
Place: Country Heritage Park, 8560 Tremaine Road, Milton ON L9T 2X3
Cost: $150.00/person $110.00 for Soil & Crop Member
Registration is now closed
9:00 am Coffee & Registration
9:30 am Keynotes
Gordon Miller, former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
Harry Buurma, Farmer
10:15 am Farmer/Agronomy Panel: Making Best Use of Biosolids
Jim Patton, Farmer
Steven Eastep, Farmer
Deb Campbell, Agronomist
11:15 am BREAK
11:30 am Tracking Cumulative Additions to Soil
Dale McComb, OMAFRA
12:00 pm State of Compliance in Land Application
Lisa Ross, MOECC
12:30 pm LUNCH (provided)
1:30 Microconstituents in Land Applied Biosolids
Rene Shahmohamadloo, U of G
2:00 Quantifying the Use of Municipal Biosolids
Christine Brown, OMAFRA
2:45 Importance of Biosolids in Soil Health
Glen Munroe, Compost Council of Canada
3:30 Wrap up & Safe Travels Home
If you have issues registering on the registration portal, please contact farmsmartadm@gmail.com. Directions to the Country Heritage Park are available on their website at www.countryheritagepark.com/getting-here .