We had a great meeting today!
We gathered in the Growing Solutions office to launch a project with two student groups from the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business.
The student teams are performing essential due diligence for GSI, regarding the technical specifications, sourcing and distribution pipelines for a new product line we will introduce later in the year. A product that will appeal to home gardeners and rural farmers alike.
Stay tuned for more news…
Organically speaking, the proof is in the pudding, or in this case, the Garden in the Woods, owned and operated by the New England Wild Flower Society (founded in 1900). Here, the Society’s Garden Shop brews its own compost tea and uses it throughout the 45-acre public botanic garden in Framingham, MA.
Scott LaFleur, Botanic Garden Director, says, “We’ve switched to using compost tea as our sole method of feeding plants and the soil at Garden in the Woods. We use it throughout the botanical garden and have seen a huge difference in the growth and strength of our plants.”
The Society’s System25 has been busy this season. Scott continues, “We have to credit our use of compost tea in the beauty of the Garden this year. The weather has been crazy. If we had not built up the nutrients in our soil, our large collection of native plants, including rare and endangered species, could have been in trouble.”
Recently Scott demonstrated how to make compost tea at Garden in the Woods with Dave Epstein of GrowingWisdom.com, using a System10. Take a look at the video clip to find out why Scott says compost tea is “fantastic for the plants.”
This June, a “compost tea party” hosted by the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry gave area farmers a hands-on experience of compost tea and the Growing Solutions Compost Tea System100.
The use of brewing machines, while a relatively new technology to the Commonwealth of Dominica’s agricultural sector, brings enormous potential. The Giraudel farmers—from Dominica’s “Flower Capital”—and the Bellevue Chopin organic farmers expressed deep appreciation to the extension personnel for exposing them to such new and innovative technology. They were more than convinced that within the community of Giraudel, the production of cut and ornamental flowers would see a significant boost with the use of compost tea. And, they agreed it was necessary to embrace organic production to further enhance Giraudel’s ecological integrity.
That’s correct, SOLD OUT! Every Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, Down To Earth’s garden center sells compost tea to die-hard patrons who line up with their recycled plastic jugs for this alive soil and plant elixir. When the gate opens, it’s first come, first serve. “Get here by noon or you’re outta’ luck,” says Chris Donahue, Down to Earth’s general manager.
