corn to shrimp bradford has it all
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The MU Bradford Research Center has a wide variety of research and outreach projects.TRANSCRIPT
“From Corn to Shrimp: MU Bradford Farm Has
It AllTim Reinbott
MU Bradford Research Center
50+ Years A Statewide Mission
Research at BRECBreeding, Physiology, and Plant Protection
Research at BREC
Soybean Breeding Utilizing the Wild Ancestor of Soybean-Glycine Soja
Many Graduate Students Utilize Bradford
What’s New?Rainout Shelters
Rainout ShelterThe Water Stressed Corn in the Front
Pacific White Shrimp In A Zero Discharge system
Pacific White Shrimp-from Larva to
harvest in 90 days
Freshwater Prawns (Shrimp)
Fresh Water PrawnsIn 120 Days
Research-Cover Crops/Soil Health/Sustainability
Cover Crops For Vegetables and Wildlife
Tillage Radish
FallSpring
Tillage Radish-Small Roots Go Down Deep!
Sorghum x Sudan In Between Rows of Tomatoes-Can Help Control Weeds
Sorghum X Sudan Can Be Mowed Back and It Will Regrow. Returning Biomass (Shoot and Root) To
The Soil
Pollinators/Diversity Using Natives and Cover Crops
Field Days, Clinics and Workshops
Hail School Native Plant Field Day Weed/IPM Field Day Crop Injury and Diagnostic
Clinic Integrating Bob White
Quail in Agriculture Tomato Festival FFA Field Day Numerous Septic Systems
Installation and Inspections
This is Where We Were 10 Years AgoHow Do We Reach Out to
Those Who Are Not Traditionally Our
Audience?
Modern Agriculture, Conservation and Wildlife on
the Same Page
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Native Plant and Quail Field DayEach June
What Does Everyone Like That We Can Really Promote?
Tomato Festival-150 Different Tomato Varieties
Tomato FestivalTasting As Well As Information
Tomato Festival-Tasting Tomatoes and Peppers
Salsa and More, Chef Competition
In the Tomato Patch To Ask Questions and Get a First Hand Look
Sweet Corn-What’s Your Favorite?
Just For Fun!Sweet Corn and Melon Tasting
Educational Events and Demonstrations
Gene Zoo
Biofuel Garden
Day Lilly Demonstration From Local Hybridizers
Passive Solar Greenhouse
Educational Activities
Undergraduate Education
Ag Education Field Day (FFA) Field Day-High School
Fistulated Cow is the Favorite!!
Numerous School Groups-Show Them Where Their Food Comes
From
Afterward School Groups Enjoy Corn Maze and Pumpkins
Fulton School For the Deaf
Partners In Education-Fishing Day
Donations to the Mid Missouri Food Bank
Community
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts
McCambridge House
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Breast Cancer Awareness
Vegetable Research and Campus Dining
Campus Dining-A Survey
Each student through out 4.5 oz of food each meal
250 tons/year!
400 big round bales!
What If We Could Make Compost Out Of the Food Waste?
Food Waste Horse Bedding
MU’s Campus Dining halls generate 3,000+ gallons of
Waste Vegetable Oil annually. This WVO will be
converted into biodiesel.
An estimated 40% of all food produced in the country is discarded, according to a new federal report. Each day, every person in the U.S. puts about 1,400 calories worth of food in the garbage, according to researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Food waste has increased 50% since previous estimates were made in 1974, and now totals some 150 trillion calories per year. SOURCE: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY FOODLINK
Zero Carbon Footprint Vegetable & Compost Production SystemUniversity of Missouri Bradford Research & Education Center & MU Campus Dining
Tim Reinbott, BREC Superintendent; Eric Cartwright, MU Campus Dining; Steven Kirk, MU Division of Plant Sciences
Several large-scale composting methods exist. These include: Windrow, Aerated Windrow, Aerated Static Pile, In-Vessel, Containerized In-Vessel, Rotating Drum and Bag Systems. Variables include: cost, compost consistency, time, labor and area requirements.
The University of Missouri Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine produce 1500 tons of manure and bedding material each year. MU’s Campus Dining produces 270 tons of food waste annually.
BREC can serve as a model for similar institutions by providing a working example for alternative waste management. Food waste from Campus Dining will be collected and taken to BREC, mixed with animal manures and beddings as needed to balance any nitrogen or carbon requirements, and composted to create the optimum soil amendment to be used to grow produce that will then be sold back to Campus Dining completing the circle. In addition to the compost utilized by horticultural researchers and students to grow vegetables, excess compost can be applied to larger fields such as sweet corn, pumpkins, melons and other crops, as well as be used as a soil amendment by MU’s Landscape Services and the Mizzou Botanical Garden.
There is a growing interest in locally produced food by the general public and in our school systems. This proposed system is the
essence of Community Development, and can serve as a model of how food waste from any type of cafeteria (school, business,
institutional) can be utilized to produce a valuable commodity. Similar systems could be used to provide schools with a healthy source of
locally grown food, and provide vegetable producers with a creative way to convert so called waste materials into assets to sell at local
farmers markets and to the general public. The cost/benefits realized from not sending materials to the landfill could be substantial.
Biodiesel will power the trucks, tractors & equipment used for vegetable production as well as pick-up and delivery of food waist and produce to and from campus. Carbon Credits will be used to off-set any other energy needs for this project.
Compost Facility-$35,000 Mid Missouri Solid Waste District and $35,000 from Campus Dining
Composting Operation-Food Waste
MU Students Growing Vegetables to Take to Campus Dining
First Produce of the Year
Let’s Make It Green!
Campus Dining Goes Through 3,000 gallons of Waste Vegetable Oil Each Year!
Make It Into Biodiesel!$10,000 Missouri Soybean Association
50 gallons every 48 hours
By product Glycerol which contains methanol
Challenge to remove the methanol, then the Glycerin can be– Composted– Burned– Animal feed– Made into soap
Biodiesel
Questions? Comments?
http://aes.missouri.edu/bradford