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Shone Farm Fall Festival

At Cold Creek Compost, we are proud to support Shone Farm, a cornerstone of agricultural education and community engagement in Sonoma County. Located in the Russian River Valley AVA, Shone Farm is part of SRJC’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Department and provides students with hands-on learning experiences that go far beyond the classroom. We are excited to help promote their upcoming Fall Festival, a celebration that brings our community together in a spirit of learning, fun, and collaboration.

The Shone Farm Fall Festival, now in its fourteenth year, will take place on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 10 am to 3 pm. What began as a small garden open house has grown into one of the most anticipated events of the year, drawing over 3,000 guests last year alone. This year’s festival will feature a wide range of activities, including hay bale rides, a pumpkin patch, apple picking, wine tasting, a kid’s zone with a rotten fruit slingshot and compost lessons, tractor displays, sheep shearing, and a showcase of student enterprise projects.

We encourage everyone to attend this wonderful event, and you might even be lucky enough to see some of our compost in action.

Can Soil be “Used Up”?

The short answer is yes. Each year a farm produces crops or is grazed, it loses a bit of it’s life. Then there’s all the land that is paved and compacted into cities, homes, or roads. Soil is an increasingly finite resource, one that we can’t afford to lose. Luckily, we have composting. Composting emulates the natural regenerative cycle and replenishes our soils so that they aren’t “used up”. For more details about how soils are disappearing and how compost helps, check out BBC’s article on soils disappearing.

Fertilizer Prices Skyrocketing

In these volatile times, we’re seeing radical changes in every industry. When it comes to agriculture, prices are going through the roof, whether it’s fuel, fertilizer, or farm tools. To get a sense of how this is impacting the industry, take a look at this Modern Farmer article. While there’s nothing we can do to lower the price of diesel, we can help reduce your fertilizer cost. Compost is cheaper, more effective, and better than chemical fertilizer in more ways than we can list, and lots of farmers are catching on. On top of that, it’s better for the environment. Here’s a breakdown of the value of the nutrients in our compost. You won’t find a chemical fertilizer that can beat our value.

Price-Breakdown

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