Arnold Schwarzenegger! Composting Innovation in Austria with Aurel Luebke

About this episode

This episode features Aurel Luebke discussing innovative composting systems and their connection to biodynamic farming.

Did we hook you with the photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and compost!? I hope so because you really want to hear about the less muscley but brilliant guy next to him who designed Arnold’s compost pilot project. In this episode we hear from Austrian engineer and entrepreneur Aurel Luebke from Compost Systems of Austria . In this episode you will get a sense of how Aurel's thoughtful compost system designs stem from his background growing up around biodynamic farming, which if you're unfamiliar with Biodynamics its a type of organic farming that goes a bit deeper with one foundational element being that you treat the farm like a closed loop where the farm provides its own fertility. Combining that with an engineer’s mindset and a deep understanding of soil, makes for some very thoughtful compost system designs. In this episode we also talk about measuring odor units, my hot trick for getting compost stink off your boots, thoughts on the new 24 hour kitchen composters and oh yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Check out Compost Systems (👊) at www.compost-systems.com And for anyone interested in cleaning farm smells off your boots, here is a link for the de-skunk dog shampoo Jayne mentions…

People in this episode

Host: Jayne Merner

Guest: Aurel Luebke

Topics covered

• composting
• biodynamic farming
• sustainable agriculture
• engineering
• odor management

Keywords

• composting
• biodynamic farming
• soil health
• odor management
• sustainable practices

Sponsors

Compost Systems of Austria, Agrilab Technologies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WagnWash

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