Marion county, Willamette University and the Hospital in Salem?

[Bill Ford]

Today, the big 3 of Vermiculture in Mid Willamette Valley, met to discuss the possibility of having a commercial reactor solving some of the problems that the populace of Marion County may be facing. This is a problem that the knowledgeable are seeking solutions for and yet most folks don't read about it, hear about it, understand it, care about it or even suspect that their precious tax dollars are going to be under utilized trying to solve it. The problem of wet waste going to the burner and expansion of the burner to meet future need. What will it cost? Is it a good solution? Are better, cheaper solutions available? The big 3 thinks so. Can we build to critical mass using the 3 above mentioned enitities? I think the timing is right. Dan Holcombe of Oregon Soil Corporation is a vermiculture expert. Anne Marie Allen is an executive who works at Willamette. Bill Ford is a retired Marine and Electronics Executive that helps start up companies. Marion county seems interested in solutions as does Willamette and the hospital. Can we leverage the proven technology and create jobs in a new emerging area, vermiculture? Stay tuned and join the fun as we move this technology forward. Buy your organic worm castings at Garland's Nursery, Shonnard's, or very shortly at 1st Alternative Co Op. Help support sustainability and take advantage of almost a million dollars of research sponsored by the USDA thru the SBIR program. Support a small business and grow the best fruits and vegetables around. Better yet, if you are a master gardener, take your badge to Garland's or Shonnard's and get a FREE 8 quart bag of Vermigrow, pure organic worm castings produced by Oregon Soil Corportation. This is a $15.00 value. Help the BEC help Oregon Soil help the gardening community.