[USCC] [B-ISA] Is the Science Barge Sustainable?

Tue Jun 23 16:21:49 CDT 2009

John,

BSF larvae are black soldier fly larvae.
Any comments and suggestions regarding the aerated storage unit depicted in
this presentation would be most welcome. I know very little about
composting.

Paul

-- 
Paul A. Olivier PhD
27c Pham Hong Thai, Ward 10
Dalat City
Lam Dong Province
Vietnam

Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam)
Mobile: 0906941573 (in Vietnam)
Mobile: 84-906941573 (outside Vietnam)
Skype address: Xpolivier
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:47 AM, John Cossham <johncossham at tiscali.co.uk>wrote:

> I loved the presentation about composting in Vietnam, but forgive my
> ignorance, what are 'BSF larvae'?
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Olivier" <paul.olivier at esrint.com
> >
> To: <michael.bomford at kysu.edu>
> Cc: <b-isa at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [USCC] [B-ISA] Is the Science Barge Sustainable?
>
>
>
>  Michael,
>>
>> When I looked a bit further in the direction of your posting, I saw that
>> you
>> are involved in some fantastic work. I recently (re-)posted these three
>> presentations on the internet:
>>
>> This first is the presentation on BSF technology that you know quite well.
>> It has been modified quite a bit.http://www.esrla.com/pdf/Brazil.pdf We
>> will
>> soon be shipping a container of pods to the USA. There are new designs for
>> the drainage of liquids, and we designed pallet racks specifically for
>> supporting pods.
>>
>> The second is a presentation on a composting program I am organizing in
>> the
>> highland areas of Vietnam. http://www.esrla.com/pdf/composting.pdf I am
>> out
>> of my field here, but I have had some help from James Kalin and Mike
>> Richard
>> of Louisiana. Here in the highlands of Dalat BSF are present, but in very
>> small numbers. These compost bins will serve as seeding units for the vast
>> cultivation of wild populations of BSF. Once BSF are present in large
>> numbers, we will begin to install the bioconversion units to harvest the
>> larvae.
>>
>> The third is about the recycling of residential waste in the USA and
>> Europe.
>> It features my separation technology in the processing of residential
>> shredder residue. http://www.esrla.com/pdf/rsr.pdf Municipalities in the
>> USA
>> do not have to wait five or ten years to initiate a total landfill
>> avoidance
>> program. This can begin now. However this concept presupposes the source
>> separation of food waste as well as the source-separation of most
>> recyclable
>> paper and cardboard. Here I introduce the idea of an aerated storage unit
>> for food waste that does away with the need for its daily collection. You
>> will see here a parallel with the Vietnam presentation. James Kalin is
>> introducing this separation technology to the state of California, and
>> there
>> is no better place in California than San Francisco.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>> Paul
>>
>> --
>> Paul A. Olivier
>> 27c Pham Hong Thai, Ward 10
>> Dalat City
>> Lam Dong Province
>> Vietnam
>>
>> Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam)
>> Mobile: 0906941573 (in Vietnam)
>> Mobile: 84-906941573 (outside Vietnam)
>> Skype address: Xpolivier
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Bomford, Michael
>> <michael.bomford at kysu.edu>wrote:
>>
>>   Hello B-ISA folks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yesterday I posted a critique of the Science Barge project to the Energy
>>> Farms blog (http://energyfarms.net). I thought it would be of interest
>>> to
>>> the B-ISA group. Comments?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Bomford, PhD
>>>
>>> Principal Investigator, Organic / Sustainable Agriculture
>>>
>>> Community Research Service
>>>
>>> Kentucky State University
>>>
>>> 400 E. Main St., Frankfort KY 40601
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Phone: 502-597-5752
>>>
>>> Fax: 502-597-6381
>>>
>>> Email: michael.bomford at kysu.edu
>>>
>>> Web: http://organic.kysu.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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