Press release from Living Web Farms:
LIVING WEB FARMS HOSTS BLACK SOLDIER FLY PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
at Living Web Farms June 7th, 2014 1:30p-7:30p
176 Kimzey Rd. Mills River NC 28759
Worm-bins are almost as ubiquitous as lawn chairs in back yards across the country, but production of the Black Soldier Fly is making waves as a way to efficiently compost organic wastes—up to 25 lbs per day in one colony. Black Soldier Flies present huge possibilities on the home and commercial scale for rapid breakdown of food and animal remnants. They also present a source of high-protein livestock and fish feed, can be used as fertilizer, and can produce useful oils for pharmaceutical and energy use.
June 7th, 2014: Living Web Farms will welcome Karl Warkomski of Protaculture for a daylong, hands-on workshop exploring this amazing insect. Karl will discuss:
- Reasons to raise Black Soldier Fly
- BSF life cycle and biology
- Infrastructure needed
- Feed stocks and feeding considerations
- Yields
- Pitfalls and solutions
PLUS
- Hands-on creation of BSF egg collectors
- Hands-on pod establishment for both home and commercial production
- Pods available for sale on site, or pre-order by emailing Meredith@livingwebfarms.com by June 1st
To register, visit www.LivingWebFarms.org. Registration by donation. $15 suggested, but participants are encouraged to pay what is affordable for them.
Living Web Farms is a non-profit, organic education and research farm network in Mills River, North Carolina. The organization oversees three farms, four greenhouses, and multi-species livestock. Produce and meat from the farms is donated to food banks across western North Carolina. For information on upcoming workshops, or to watch videos of past workshops, visit LivingWebFarms.org.
Protaculture is a company specializing in cutting-edge organic waste stream management, via development of the Bio-Pod ™ for raising Black Solder Flies. More information online at www.thebiopod.com
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