Compost Tea Training

On October 10th, 2024, CT RC&D and partners held an informative field day at Veteran-owned and operated Artza Mendi Farm. The second portion of the day included a training by Monique Bosch of CT NOFA and Wiggle Room on how to properly brew and utilize compost tea on the farm. CT RC&D is working with CT NOFA to offer an educational Compost Tea Equipment Mobile Unit to 5 farms interested in the practice for the 2025 growing season. This traveling educational unit will demonstrate to farmers how to brew, apply, and test compost tea. Farmers will work with CT NOFA staff to conduct test trials with the compost tea and biological tests. This compost tea equipment, as well as other climate-smart equipment, is available for shared use by Connecticut farmers through CT RC&D's Climate Smart Agriculture Equipment Sharing Hubs, funded in part by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s Climate Smart Agriculture & Forestry Grant established by the Community Investment Act (C.G.S. Sec. 22-26k). For more information on the Compost Tea Equipment Mobile Unit and how to participate, please visit: https://ctrcd.org/climate-smart-agric... Chapters: 0:00 Overview of Compost Tea 14:16 Compost Tea Microscopy 38:16 Overview of CT RC&D Compost Tea Equipment Mobile Unit 42:44 Compost Tea Inputs and Equipment 46:46 Compost Tea Application on the Farm