Delfland inc.
Quebec · Since November 2019
A vegetable grower replaced slow, smelly pile composting with an automated BROME 632 system and spreads the compost on its own fields.
- Sector
- Agriculture
- Application
- Produce growers
- Location
- Quebec
- In operation since
- November 2019
- System
- BROME 632 composter
- Scale
- 1,200+ acres of vegetables
- 2019in operation
- 1,200+ acresof vegetables grown
- Fewerodours and environmental risks
Delfland grows carrots, lettuce, radishes, onions and French shallots on more than 1,200 acres. Pile composting its plant waste was complicated, took too much time, created foul odours, and made it hard to document thermophilic temperatures.
The solutionAfter analysing Delfland’s needs, the BROME team proposed a BROME 632 in-vessel rotating composter with a mixer and a conveyor, to automate the process as much as possible. A team member went on site for the installation and start-up in November 2019.
The system recycles the waste sorted out when packing the farm’s French shallots, and unsaleable vegetables. The thermophilic treatment helps eliminate plant diseases, and the finished compost is spread on the fields to improve soil health. In Quebec, this kind of equipment is eligible for the PRIME-VERT program.
Guillaume Cloutier, agronomist and co-owner, explains the choice of equipment in the video.
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