Bonhotal CV 2009 - Cornell Waste Management Institute

2008 CURRICULUM VITAE (1 January 2005 – 31 December 2008)

Name: Jean Bonhotal

Department/Unit: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences/Cornell Waste Management Institute

Title: Associate Director

Campus Address: 101b Rice Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501

Phone: 607-255-8444

E-Mail: jb29@cornell.edu

BACKGROUND

EDUCATION

5/91 M.S. SUNY Binghamton

Major: Education and Communication

3/84 B.A./B.S. Utah State University

Major: Fisheries and Wildlife Biology,

5/79 AAS SUNY Morrisville

Major: Natural Resources

ACADEMIC RANK:

Associate Director - 2007

PRIMARY DEPARTMENAL/Unit PROGRAM AREA

Crop and Soil Sciences/Cornell Waste Management Institute

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Composting; manure; mortality disposal; compost quality; compost use

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Year Experience

2007-present Cornell Waste Management Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Associate Director

6/89-2007 Cornell Waste Management Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Extension Associate

2/86-6/89 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County, Binghamton, NY.

Cooperative Extension Agent, 4-H

4/84-2/86 Strange’s Greenhouse & Florist, Richmond, VA.

Greenhouse Technician

5/84-11/84 U.S. Forest Service, Clearwater National Forest, Orofino, ID.

Forest Technician.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Accomplishments in Extension/Outreach Award – CALS Research and Extension Award, 2007.

David Allee Campus-County Connection Award - The “Natural Rendering” project. 2004

Blue Ribbon: from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. “Natural Rendering: Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste”, (NRAES-163). 2003.

Outstanding New Extension Publication Recognition Award, “Natural Rendering: Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste” fact sheet, presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension. 2003.

National Association of County Agricultural Agents Communication Award & NYS winner, “Disposal of Livestock Mortality & Butcher Waste”. 2003.

NYS Association of County Agricultural Agents, Communications Northeast Regional Finalist; “You Can Compost What?” 2003

National Association of County Agricultural Agents Communication Award & NYS winner, “Farm-Based Composting: Manure & More”. 2001

National Association of County Agriculture Agents (NACAA) - Certificate of Merit for video “Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is?” and computer resource “Trash Goes To School” National Finalist.1992

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) - award for developing a youth solid waste education program. 1991

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) - Environmental Quality Award for developing a solid waste education program that protect and enhance environmental quality. April 1991

GRANT SUPPORT

Active Grants/Contracts/Gifts

42082 (Harrison) 11/02-6/06 10% Res, 10% Ext

NYSERDA $114,923

Connecting Farm Compost with Ag Industry Users: Demonstrating compost assets with growers

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6462 (Harrison) 10/03-9/06

Hatch $12,000/yr

Connecting Farm Compost with Ag Industry

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8641-44127 (Scott) 6/03-6/05 20% Ext

NYSERDA $656,459

Agricultural Innovation Manure Projects –Technology Transfer

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8626-43455 (Harrison) 5/03-12/05 30% Ext

NESARE $166,495.

Implementing Natural Rendering on Farms and in Butcher Operations

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8369-45074 (Jerome) 4/03-8/05 15% Ext

Empire State Development (ESD) sub ($26,240)

Northern Forest Compost Collaborative

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7615 10/06-9/09 15% Ext

Extension $45,000/yr

Extension Service Cooperative–Rural Development

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8613-46972 (Scott) 3/05-9/06 20 % Ext

Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) sub ($30,000)

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8325-47805(Harrison) 6/05-3/08 15% Res, 15% Ext

TIRC $269,055

Pathogen Analysis of NYSDOT Road-Killed Deer Carcass Compost Facilities

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8334-47435 (Harrison) 1/05-12/07 15% Res, 15% Ext

NYSERDA $206,127

Using Manure Solids for Bedding

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8390-50770 (Bonhotal) 1/06-12/07 10% Res, 10% Ext

NY Farm Viability Institute $125,000

Use of Dried Manure Solids as Bedding For Dairy Cows

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8311-52010 (Bonhotal) 4/07-5/09 30% Ext

NY Farm Viability Institute $91,929

Use of Dried Manure Solids as Bedding for Dairy Cows: How often to rebed?

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8338-51633 (Bonhotal) 3/07-5/08 20% Ext

NYS DEC $50,000

Emergency Planning for Avian Influenza in New York State

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6603-xxxxx (Bonhotal) 10/06-9/09 ??

Smith-Lever $15,000/year

Improving Disposal of On-Farm Mortality and Butcher Waste Residual ??

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8445-55129 (Bonhotal) 2/08-10/09 ??

NY Farm Viability Institute $8,720

Potential Use of Vermicompost as a Substitute for Synthetic Inputs to Horticulture & Nursery Production

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8335-53685 (Bonhotal) 1/07-12/09 ??

Wyoming County CCE $9,276

Evaluation of New Compost Dairy Barn Facility

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8333-55081 (Bonhotal) 3/08-2/12 ??

NE SARE $28,473

Sustainable Livestock Mortality Management

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7413/7606-xxxxx (McBride) 10/08-9/11 ??

Hatch 37,120

Improving Soil Test Performance, Interpretation and Education for Toxic Metals

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Pending Grants/Contracts/Gifts

xxxx- (Thies) 10/09-9/14

Hatch and Smith-Lever $220,000

Agronomic and Soil Conditioning Value of Organic Residuals

xxxx (Bonhotal) 10/09-9/12

Hatch and Smith-Lever $90,463

Assessing the Fate of Drugs in Livestock Mortality and Manures

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ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

· EXTENSION/OUTREACH WORKSHOPS, FIELD DAYS, AND CONFERENCES

More than 86 workshops, tours and demonstrations reached over 5,465 people including farmers, vets, agency staff, horticulture professionals and public officials. Below are listed some representative events.

Year 2008

OGS Empire State Plaza-Composting Food/Landscaping Waste from Govt Buildings, 1/29/2008, 1.5 hrs, Invited speaker, OGS, waste managers, regulators, 15 attendees

Schuyler County, Water quality, Sludge Spreading, 1/12/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, public, farmers, regulators, 85 attendees

US Compost Council-Policy Development for Mortality Composting, 2/9/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, composters, 120 attendees

Evaluating Compost use in Turf Maintenance, 1/29/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, Master Composters, 139 attendees

SUNY Cobleskill - Composting in NYS, 2/22/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, professors and students, 50 attendees

NYC Watershed - Manure Mgmt Workshop, 3/1/2008, 6 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, ag educators,

NYC watershed, NRCS, farms, 60 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, Capital District, 3/6/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 50 attendees

NYS Viticulture Conference, 3/14/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, grape growers, ag advisors, 85 attendees

SARE National Conference - Mortality Composting, 3/25/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, farms, extension, ag advisors, 200 attendees

2008 Kansas Works Conference, 3/25/2008, 5 hrs, Invited speaker, composters, farmers, regulators, extension, 55 attendees

SE Master Composter Training, 4/3/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and speaker, cce, master gardeners, 65 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, Central NY, 6/3/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 45 attendees

SWCS Preserving Water Quality Through Better Management of Livestock Mortality and Meat Waste, 7/25/2008, 1 hr, Invited speaker, NRCS, 60 attendees

Empire Farm days, Soil Quality and Testing, 7/5/2008, 10 hrs, Speaker and display, farmers, ag advisors, 200 attendees

Empire Farm Days, Manure Solids as Bedding, 7/5/2008, 10 hrs, Speaker and display, farmers, ag advisors, 200 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, NYC, 9/9/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 60 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, Long Island, 9/10/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 70 attendees

NESARE-Carcass Management Training Workshop, Penn State, 9/16/2009, 10 hrs, Planner and speaker, regulators farmers butchers, vets, extension, 26 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, Hudson Valley, 9/25/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 69 attendees

Explorations Program-Science of Composting: Process and Quality, 9/26/2008, 2 hrs, Invited speaker, students, 9 attendees

NESARE - Carcass Management Training Workshop, Miner Inst, 10/15/2008, 10 hrs, Planner and speaker, regulators farmers butchers, vets, extension, 24 attendees

Aging and Environment Initiative - Getting Involved in Community Waste Management, 10/22/2008, 3 hrs, Invited speaker, retirees, 23 attendees

NYSDEC Food Scraps Management Forum, Buffalo, 10/7/2008, 3 hrs, Planner and invited speaker, regulators, composters, universities, food banks, food processors, 20 attendees

NOFA Conference - Dairy Manure Solids as Bedding, 10/28/2008, 6 hrs, Speaker, farmers, vets, extension, 50 attendees

Dairy Manure Solids as Bedding - How Often Should it be Changed, 10/31/2008, 3 hrs, Speaker, farmers, extension, 15 attendees

Mortality Training for US EPA, Lowell, MA, 10/1/2007, 1 hr, Invited speaker, NE regional managers, 90 attendees

Year 2007

Road Kill Composting Training NYS DOT Environmental Engineers Training - road engineers, 48, invited speaker, state.

NYSAR³ Basics of Compost Course - compost managers, regulators, municipalities, 50 speaker, planner, state.

NYSDOT Road Kill Composting Workshop - Syracuse, municipal employees, local roads, regulators 52, speaker, planner, regional.

NYSDOT Road Kill Composting Workshop - Clarence, municipal employees, local roads, regulators, 22, speaker, planner, regional.

NYSDOT Road Kill Composting Workshop - Voorheesville, municipal employees, local roads, regulators 25, speaker, planner, regional.

NYSDOT Road Kill Composting Workshop - Long Island, municipal employees, local roads, regulators 45, speaker, planner, regional.

NYSDOT Road Kill Composting Workshop - Highland, municipal employees, local roads, regulators 60, speaker, planner, regional.

Managing Livestock Mortality, Butcher Residuals & Mass Casualty - Lowell, MA, USEPA Training for EPA regulators, 90, invited speaker, national.

Composting Livestock Mortality NNY - Peru & Chateauguay, CCE, Farm Bureau, veterinarians, 52, invited speaker.

Responding to Mass Casualty Events & Routine Mortality - NYS DAM Training, state and local veterinarians, 65, invited speaker

Labeling and Testing Standards: What Are the Markets? and Cornell Road Kill Composting Program, Solid Waste Assoc. of North America - Compost Conference, municipal employees solid waste managers, regulators, 125, invited speaker, planner.

Composted Bedded Pack Workshop/Open House - Eagle NY, farmers, CCE, CCA, 120, invited speaker, planner, regional.

Montana State Compost Course (3 days) - Montana, recycling coordinators, regulators, compost managers, municipalities, 52, invited speaker, planner, state.

Use of Compost on Turfgrass, Turf Field Day - CCE, landscapers, turf managers, 25, invited speaker.

Pathogen Reduction in Road Kill Composting, NYS Solid Waste Federation - conf speaker, waste managers, municipalities, regulators, 40 state.

Status of Composting in the Northeast, Vermont Composting Association, waste managers, municipalities, regulators, 110, regional.

Composting in NYS and Mortality & Butcher Waste Composting, SUNY Cobleskill - 2 course lectures students, 96, invited speaker.

Compost Production and Quality and Mortality Composting, Eng Training - CCE, NRCS, CCA, regulators, 45, invited speaker.

Assessing Pathogen Survival in State pile Composting, US Composting Council - compost producers & managers, regulators, 50, speaker national.

Year 2006

Mortality Composting in NYS- composters, consultants, EPA, agencies, 62, speaker-national. US Compost Council.

Digester Seminar- farmers, ag adv., CCE, 45, speaker, state

Master Compost Training, NY Botanical Gardens-volunteers, CCE educators, 53, planner, speaker, regional.

Cornell Teacher Professional Development Day-teachers K-12, 17, planner, speaker, county

Seminar for Collaborative Composting, farmers, economic development, consultants, CCE, 38 planner, speaker.

NYS Energy Research & Development Authority Conference- Managing Organic Residuals CCE ag adv. State agencies, venders, consultants, 184, planned, moderated and spoke at manure management seminar.

Use of compost in Erosion Control, planners, DOT, DEC, Soil and Water, NRCS, 32, invited speaker.

Compost Course sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Association in Sullivan, farmers, solid waste prof., CCE, NRCS, 44, planner, speaker, regional.

Butcher Waste/Mortality Compost Policy Workshop in British Columbia, farmers butchers agency people, 78, invited speaker, developed and conducted workshops, national.

Chautauqua Institute Homescale Composting –Implementing a Community Program community, 60, invited speaker, county.

Compost Production for Vineyard Use, farmers, CCE, advisors, 25, invited speaker, regional.

Use of Drum Composter for Bedding, farmers ag adv., CCE, 45 technical assistance, regional.

Science of Composting: Process and Quality, Cornell Fall Explorations Program, students, 18, local.

Municipal Yardwaste Composting Workshop, public works, DEC, NRCS, Soil & Water, CCE, 35, planned, invited speaker, county.

Composting Butcher Waste and Mortality in NM, public works, farmers butchers, Indian reservations, 88 planned, invited speaker.

Roadkill Composting Seminar for Thruway Authority, thruway employees, DEC, 32, invited speaker.

Composting the Proper Way - What Are The Health Concerns? Organic Gardening Conference in Canandaigua CCE volunteers, homeowners, CCE educators, 62 invited speaker, regional.

Compost Production and Managing Mortality, Certified Crop Advisors Training, CCE, NRCS, Soil and Water, Ag adv, 42, invited speaker, state.

What are the Economics of Compost? Tip fees? Compost sales? Preconference for NYS Assoc of Reduction Reuse and Recycling. State local agencies, farms, DEC, 45, Planned, speaker.

Pathogen Assessment of Passively Aerated Composting of Roadkill and Developing Policy, Rules and Guidance for Meat Waste Composting National Carcass Disposal Symposium, Beltsville, Maryland, EPA, APHIS, NRCS, CCE, 200, sponsor, planner, speaker, national.

Year 2005

Compost Quality in relation to Equipment and Surface & Forum on Standards and Specs, US Compost Council, composters, consultants, EPA, agencies, 38, speaker, national.

Finger Lakes Compost Quality& Use Workshop and tour, CCE, NRCS, Farmers NY and PA, 35, speaker, state.

Compost Quality and Use Workshop and Homescale Composting, Rochester, 45, horticulture industry, farms, CCE, speaker, county.

Transferring Innovative Manure Management Technology in the Northeast Committee included reps from 8 NE states, NRAES, NYSERDA, GIG, TT, PRO - DAIRY, CCE, 140 Attendees. Audience - Farmers, agriculture advisors, CCE, Planned, coordinated efforts and spoke at conference, national.

Composting Mortality & Butcher Residuals, NJ Conducted a two part educational program, pile building with cow and deer and pile opening 6 months later for NJ DOT, NJDEC State Vets and extension, 110, state.

Composting Roadkill NNY Local Government Conference, town supervisors, local roads people, 45, speaker, regional.

Compost Tour and provided tech asst to central NY farms that are composting, farmers, farm advisors, 24, speaker state.

CWD in NYS, CWD situation and how it could effect roadkill composting, DOT, DEC, 22, invited speaker, state.

Symposium on Composting Mortality & Slaughterhouse Residuals Portland, ME, 110 people spoke 3 times, EPA, DOT, Environmental Depts, Agriculture and Markets Depts, Farmers, Butchers, NOAA, Planned, coordinated, moderated and speaker, national.

Manure Composting Southeast NY CCE/NRCS hosted, farms, NRCS, DEC, CCE, 45, speaker, regional.

Annual Local Roads Program- Composting Roadkill, statewide audience, state county and local Depts of Transportation, 65, speaker, state.

Turf demonstration at Annual Turf Seminar. Set up demo and spoke, turf, horticulture, CCE, 30, speaker state.

Manure Composting, Mortality and Butcher Waste, National Agriculture Agents Association Conference - helped coordinate 3 tours and spoke at stops on two of the tours, 150, national.

Mortality and Butcher Waste Composting and Manure Compost Quality and Use, Soil and Water Conservation National Conference, 65, invited speaker

Compost Roundtable at NYS Poultry Conference, 20, moderate/speak, state.

Agriculture Tour, EPA, NYC Watershed, NRCS, farm/butcher tour composting farm, 42 agency people, speaker, national.

Spoke at a Cornell Law school class about evolution of some of the compost law and policy issues, 20, invited speaker.

Composting Roadkill, NYS Association of Reduction, Reuse & Recycling Conference, 48, planned, moderated and speaker, state.

Organics Recycling Program Work Team, farmers, NYSDEC, NYSDAM, NRCS, businesses, CCE, 46, coordinated & speaker state.

§ Internet Presence/Distance learning

Web site presence includes: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/composting.htm, www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu, and http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2146

Unusual Organic Residuals: Road Kill, Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste, Solid Waste Association of North America on-line workshop, solid waste managers, recycling, 52, speaker, national.

Ohio State University, Select Pathogens and Bacteria in Compost video conference, ag advisors CCE, regulators, vets, NRCS, farmers, 45, speaker, national.

Haith, D and Bonhotal, J.F. 2001. Co-Composter. Cornell Waste Management Institute. Computer model designed to determine parameters of composting different feedstock. http://compost.css.cornell.edu/CoCompost.html.

Policy Engagement/Leadership

· Working with NYSDEC to convene roundtables to build infrastructure and divert food scrap from landfills.

· Work with NYS DEC, DAM, Farm Bureau, CCE and Pro Dairy on improving mortality and butcher waste disposal, while developing guidance and policy.

· Worked with NE states to convene agency professional to discuss and debate implementation, regulation and policy pertaining to mortality composting prion diseases and mass casualty response. CWMI has consulted with many state regulators to help them assess their rules to address these challenges. Worked on a second conference held in Beltsville, MD and greatly expanded audience to include agency policy makers

· Acted as advisor to NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation regarding management of mortalities through composting resulting in their promotion of composting as a management tool. Advised on conflicts between NYS 360 regulation and CAFO Rules effecting farms, and the update of changes in 360 regulation.

· Worked with NRCS to revise the national mortality standard (CWMI reviewed and commented as revised). Helped revise NYS mortality standard (provide more detail), the NYS compost and mortality standards to better address NYS needs.

· Provided guidance to NYS DOT is initiating composting to manage road kill and will help their regions implement mortality composting.

· CWMI has started developing compost disposal plans for large and backyard flocks in case there is an Avian Influenza outbreak. – DEC requested and funded plan.

· Worked with USEPA and USDA to consider alternatives for mass casualty disposal.

· Worked with compost producers and NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets to consider and adopt revisions to rules. Continue to work with other states in the push adopt more appropriate rules through NY’s example.

RESEARCH AND EXTENSION GRANT REVIEW PANELS

Reviewed Lake Champlain Grants-2004
Provide technical assistance for agencies to make funding decisions since 1996:

Empire State Development-Department of Economic Development
NYS Energy Research and Development Authority
NE Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Natural Resource Conservation Service
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Summary of extension and outreach activities by CALS faculty

100 % Formal appointment in Extension (Professorial, Senior Extension Associates and Extension Associates)

100 % Estimation of time spent in outreach activities

Funding: Core Soft (e.g., external funding)100% Combination

Please provide a brief summary (300 word max.) of your Extension and/or outreach activities. Describe what the activities are, how and when conducted, constituents served, impacts of the program and what indicators of success are used

Extension^a

I have worked on composting feedstock from food to manure to animal carcasses. Currently her time is split between compost quality and farm mortality, butcher waste and roadkill composting education and research. Over the next 3-5 years much of my direction has been directed by various committees and identified needs. Projects include compost quality and use. There are other large potential compost applications in DOT and farmland erosion control, Brownfields reclamation, landscaping and others. Improved soil quality allows us to improve production and produce healthy food

Projects under use of “manure as bedding” funded by NYSERDA and Farm Viability Institute, will help find answers to bedding shortages, herd health, economics and nutrient recycling on farms. As research and demonstration projects are completed, CWMI will be able to develop specifications for different uses that will result in increased use of farm nutrients, improve soil quality and reduce erosion.

CWMI is working to implementing Better Management of NYS Road Kill Through Composting. Working with roadkill is not a traditional extension issue however it will culminate with better management, increased protection of water quality and better bio-security for wild and domestic animals. As I partner with extension programs to do the outreach, it puts CCE in a visible leadership position in our counties when budgets allocations are tight. I will continue to work with USDA and USEPA to implement sound methods when disposing of flesh waste and work on improving response to mass casualty.

I am currently working with NYS DEC, DAM, Farm Bureau, CCE and Pro Dairy in NYS and NESARE, APHIS, EPA, and 10 universities nationally to improve disposal options for mortality and meat waste for routine situations and emergency response. There has been an increase need with the continued decline of the rendering industry.

Outreach^b

OTHER CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

New York State Association of Reduction Reuse & Recycling

National Recycling Coalition

Soil Conservation Society

Federation of NYS Solid Waste Professionals

Solid Waste Association of North America

OTHER CURRENT PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2008

· Soil & Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, "Preserving Water Quality Through Better Management of Livestock Mortality and Meat Waste", Soil & Water Conservation Society, Tucson, AZ.

· Conference & Exposition for Occupational & Environmental Health and Safety Professionals, "Road Killed Deer Composting: The Emerging Tool for Highway Departments", American Industrial Hygiene Association, Minneapolis, MN.

· 2008 Works - Conference on Recycling, Composting, and Household Hazardous Waste, "Advanced Composting", Kansas Dept of Health & Environment, Bureau of Waste Management, Overland Park, KS.

· New American Farm Conference - Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture, "Composting as an Alternative for Mortalities and Meat Residuals from Farms and Butcher Operations", Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Kansas City, MO.

· CAFO Road Show, "Mortality Composting: Location & Management for Optimum Results", PRO-DAIRY, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NE Dairy Producers Assoc, NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation, NYS Dept of Agriculture & Markets, NYS Soil & Waster Conservation Committee, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Chazy, NY.

· "Mortality/Manure Composting", SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY.

· Certified Crop Advisors Seminar, "Mortality Composting", Romulus, NY.

· USCC 16th Annual Conference and Tradeshow, "Trends in Animal Mortality Composting & it's Role in Emergency Response", US Composting Council, Oakland, CA.

2007

Road Kill Composting Training NYS DOT Environmental Engineers Training
NYSAR³ Basics of Compost Course
Managing Livestock Mortality, Butcher Residuals & Mass Casualty USEPA - Lowell, MA Training for EPA.
Composting Livestock Mortality NNY- Peru & Chateauguay
Responding to Mass Casualty Events & Routine Mortality - NYS DAM Training
Labeling and Testing Standards: What Are the Markets?, and Cornell Road Kill Composting Program, Solid Waste Assoc. of North America - Compost Conference
Montana State Compost Course (3 days), Montana
Composting in NYS and Mortality & Butcher Waste Composting - SUNY Cobleskill
Compost Production and Quality and Mortality Composting - Eng Training
Composted Bedded Pack Workshop/Open House - Eagle, NY
Status of Composting in the Northeast, Vermont Composting Association- Mount Pelier, VT

2006

Master Compost Training, NY Botanical Gardens
Seminar for Collaborative Composting
NYS Energy Research & Development Authority Conference- Managing Organic Residuals
Use of Compost in Erosion Control, Onondaga Planning
Compost Course sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Association in Sullivan
Butcher Waste/Mortality Compost Policy Workshop in British Columbia
Chautauqua Institute Homescale Composting –Implementing a Community Program community
Compost Production for Vineyard Use, farmers, Yates County.
Municipal Yardwaste Composting Workshop, Chemung County
Composting Butcher Waste and Mortality in NM, public works, farmers butchers, Indian reservations
Roadkill Composting Seminar for Thruway Authority, thruway employees
Composting the Proper Way - What Are The Health Concerns? Organic Gardening Conference in Canandaigua.
Compost Production and Managing Mortality, Certified Crop Advisors Training

2005

· Composting Mortality & Butcher Residuals, NJ DOT, NJDEC State Vets.

· Compost Use and Erosion Control, VT, planner, speaker, invited

· Transferring Innovative Manure Management Technology in the Northeast, NRAES conference.

· Composting Roadkill, NNY Local Government Conference.

· Symposium on Composting Mortality & Slaughterhouse Residuals Portland, ME.

· Annual Local Roads Program- Composting Roadkill.

· Manure Composting, Mortality and Butcher Waste National Agriculture Agents Association Conference.

· Mortality and Butcher Waste Composting and Manure Compost Quality and Use, Soil and Water Conservation National Conference.

· Composting Roadkill, NYS Association of Reduction, Reuse & Recycling Conference.

· EPA CAFO training for regulators.

RESOURCE FOR MEDIA

Organic Gardening, BioCycle, NY Times, Northeast DairyBusiness, Waste Age, Country Folks, Syracuse Post Standard, Living Magazine, Small Farm Quarterly, Compost News, Audubon, Hoards Dairyman, Energy Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and newspapers as requested.

PUBLICATIONS

Bonhotal, J. 2008. Natural Rendering: Composting Poultry Mortality. Poster: Ithaca, Cornell Waste Management Institute.

Bonhotal, J., Harrison, E., Schwarz, M., and Staehr, E. 2008. Dairy Manure Solids Cut Bedding Costs, Northeast DairyBusiness, 10, p. 24-25.

Bonhotal, J., Schwarz, M., and Brown, N. 2008. Natural Rendering: Composting Poultry Mortality. Fact sheet. Ithaca, Cornell Waste Management Institute, p. 12.

Bonhotal, J., Staehr, E., and Schwarz, M. 2008. A How-To on Livestock Composting, Northeast DairyBusiness, 10, p. 18-19.

Schwarz, M. and Bonhotal, J. 2008. Health Impacts and Economics of Using Dried Manure Solids in the Northeast: Ninth Annual Fall Dairy Conference "Happy Cows in New York", Liverpool, NY, 2008, p. 67-83.

Schwarz, M., Bonhotal, J., and Harrison, E. 2008. Manure Solids for Bedding, Northeast DairyBusiness. http://dairywebmall.com/dbcpress/?p=569.

Bonhotal, J.F., Harrison, E.Z., and Schwarz, M. 2007. Natural Rendering: Composting Road Kill. Cornell Waste Management Institute. 12 page fact sheet and poster. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf.

Schwarz, M., Bassuk, N., Bonhotal, J., and Harrison, E.Z. 2007. Highly Compacted Soils Improved by Compost Use. BioCycle. 48(7):55-56.

Schwarz, M., Bonhotal, J.F., Harrison, E.Z., and Gruttadaurio, J. 2007. Compost Use on Established Turf. BioCycle. 48(9):27-29.

Bonhotal, J.F., Harrison, E.Z., Schwarz, M., Gruttadaurio, J. Petrovic, A. Martin. 2007. Using Manure-Based Composts in Turf Maintenance. Cornell Waste Management Institute. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/usingmanure.pdf.

Bonhotal, J.F, Harrison, E.Z., and Schwarz, M. 2007. Composting Liquids. Cornell Waste Management Institute. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs8.pdf.

Aldrich, B. and Bonhotal, J.F. 2006. Aerobic Composting Affects Manure's Nutrient Content. Northeast DairyBusiness. 8(3):18

Bonhotal, J.F. 2006. Poultry Waste Composting at Brey Farm: Case Study. C-3. Manure Management Program, Cornell University, Ithaca.

Bonhotal, J.F. 2006. Poultry Waste Composting at ACE Farm: Case Study. C-2. Manure Management Program, Cornell University, Ithaca.

Bonhotal, J.F., Harrison, E.Z. and Schwarz, M. 2006. Evaluating Pathogen Destruction in Road Kill Composting. BioCycle. 47:49-51.

Bonhotal, J. and E. Z. Harrison. 2006. Compost Equipment. Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca, NY. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs7.pdf

Bonhotal, J.F. 2005. A Compost Turner Suited to You. Northeast DairyBusiness. 7(5):10,12

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Schwarz, M. 2005 . Compost Pads. Cornell Waste Management Institute. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs6.pdf

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Ouckama, E. 2004. Regulation and Certification of Composts. Cornell Waste Management Institute, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs2.pdf

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Ouckama, E. 2004. Marketing Composts and Meeting Consumer Needs. Fact Sheet. Cornell Waste Management Institute, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs1.pdf

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Ouckama, E. 2004. Improving and Maintaining Compost Quality. Cornell Waste Management Institute, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs3.pdf

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Ouckama, E. 2004. Testing Composts. Cornell Waste Management Institute, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs4.pdf

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Ouckama, E. 2004. Compost Bulking Materials. Cornell Waste Management Institute, http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/compostfs5.pdf

Bonhotal, J.F. and Laibach, T. 2004. Composting Road-Killed Deer in New York. BioCycle. 45(5):25-26

Bonhotal, J.F. 2004. Natural Rendering of Downer Cattle Called Economical Alternative by Cornell Compost Experts. Cornell News Service, Cornell University. www.news.cornell.edu/releases/March04/Downer_compost.hrs.html

Harrison, E.Z., Bonhotal, J.F., and Olmstead, D.L. 2003. What’s Behind a Compost Label or Seal? BioCycle. 44(9):28-30

Bonhotal, J.F. 2003. Natural Rendering: A Natural Solution for Mortality and Butcher Waste. Small Farms Quarterly, Fall Issue, pg 17

Wright, P.E., Inglis, S.F., Stehman, S.M., and J. Bonhotal, J.F. 2003. “Reduction of Selected Pathogens in Anaerobic Digestion.” Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium, Animal, Agricultural and Food Processing Wastes IX. pp. 74-82, October 12-15. Raleigh, NC

Bonhotal, J.F. 2002. Compost Markets: Are They There? Northeast Dairy Business. 4(4):40

Bonhotal, J.F., Telega, S.L., and Petzen, J.S. 2002. Natural Rendering: Composting Livestock Mortality & Butcher Waste, Cornell Waste Management Institute, 12 page fact sheet and 3 posters.

Bonhotal, J.F. and Staehr, E. 2001. Will Composting Pay on Your Dairy? Northeast Dairy Business. 3(12):39-41

Bonhotal, J.F. 2001. Managing Manure Solids. NRAES-143. “Dairy Manure Systems: Equipment

and Technology.” Conf Proceedings March 20-22. www.nraes.org/publications/nraes143.html

Bonhotal J.F. 2000. Surveys Guide Development of Quality Compost Seal. BioCycle 41(11):72-78

Bonhotal, J.F. 2000. Computer Model for On-Farm Composting. BioCycle. 41(10):18

Bonhotal J.F. and Rollo, K. 1996. Compost…because a rind is a terrible thing to waste! Cornell Waste Management Institute. 66 p.

Bonhotal, J.F., Conway, S. and Leopold, L. 1994. Waste Prevention Tools at Work: Cornell Waste Management Institute. 85 p.

Bonhotal, J.F., Harrison, E.Z. and Theodore, S. 1992. Implementing Waste Management Projects at a Local Level: Cornell Waste Management Institute. 48 p.

Bonhotal, J.F., et al. 1991. Trash Goes To School. Cornell Waste Management Institute. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/TrashIntro.html.

Bonhotal, J.F., Edelstein, K.L. and Krasny, ME. 1990. What About Waste? Ithaca, NY: 4-H Natural Resources, Cornell Cooperative Extension. p 25.

Bonhotal, J.F. 1990. Recycling: Mining Resources From Trash. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4-H Natural Resources.

Bonhotal, J.F. and Krasny, M.E. 1990. Composting: Wastes to Resources. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4-H Natural Resources.

AUDIO VISUALS and COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Bonhotal, J. 2008. Natural Rendering: Composting Poultry Mortality. Cornell Waste Management Institute. Produced by Insights International, 6:20 minutes.

Bonhotal, J.F. 2007. Natural Rendering: Composting Road Kill. Cornell Waste Management Institute. Produced by Insights International,10-minute video.

Bonhotal, J.F. 2002. Natural Rendering: Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste. Cornell Waste Management Institute. Produced by Insights International, 20-minute video.

Bonhotal, J.F. 2001. Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More. Cornell Waste Management Institute. 38-minute video.

Haith, D. and Bonhotal, J.F. 2001. Co Composter. Cornell Waste Management Institute. Computer model designed to determine parameters of composting different feedstock. http://compost.css.cornell.edu/CoCompost.html

Bonhotal, J. F. 1996. Compost…Because a rind is a terrible thing to waste! Cornell Waste Management Institute. 7 and 30-minute video.

Bonhotal J.F. 1996. Farm Waste Management Makes Sense. Cornell Waste Management Institute. 9-minute video.

Bonhotal, J.F., Finneran, C. and Harrison, E.Z. 1991. Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is? Cornell Waste Management Institute. 12-minute video.

Bonhotal, J.F., Finneran, C., Harrison, E.Z. and Myers, M. 1990. Life After the Curb: Recycling Processes. Cornell Waste Management Institute. 20-minute video.

Bonhotal, J. F. 1989. Woodsy Resource Gold Mine. Broome County Cooperative Extension. Slides and cassettes.

PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES

Improve soil health through increased use of organic residuals. Provide economic and environmentally sound options for livestock farmers to manage manure and mortalities. Change the culture in NYSDOT and local highway departments to implement composting of road kill in order to protect water quality and improve overall environmental quality. Promote sound, practical plans for mass casualty disposal throughout the US. Work with the compost/horticulture/agriculture industry to develop specifications for compost use and promote an increase use of organic residuals. Investigate the use of composted manure as bedding for dairy operations.