Farmers, ranchers, and livestock owners have reduced their waste-hauling expenses by composting their own organic wastes and manure, thanks to the updated County zoning ordinance. This update offers increased flexibility and simplifies onsite composting. Join us at the International Equestrian Center at San Diego Country Estates (IEC) in Ramona to learn about these possibilities, and tour IEC’s successful scalable windrow composting system.

If you are looking for free and low-cost options to manage your organic materials on your property, or want to improve your existing operation, this session is for you!

This workshop will cover:

• The details of the County’s updated zoning and permitting requirements

• The basics of manure composting

• Cost reductions and other benefits

• A tour of IEC’s manure composting windrows

Benefits of composting and compost use

• Control over materials and outcome

• Reduced hauling costs

• Reduced need for purchased amendments

• Decrease in water costs due to soil enrichment

• Weed suppression 

• Erosion prevention and slope stabilization

Made possible through generous funding by:

Thanks to our host:

International Equestrian Center at San Diego Country Estates