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De Bortoli Green Farm Initiative

De Bortoli Green Farm Initiative. When Green Means Money. Green Farm Initiatives. Biological farming Water management Waste management. Biological Farming. Biological farming Compost tea Create approx. 1300 cu meters of compost, more than enough to cover vineyards

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De Bortoli Green Farm Initiative

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  1. De Bortoli Green Farm Initiative When Green Means Money

  2. Green Farm Initiatives • Biological farming • Water management • Waste management

  3. Biological Farming • Biological farming • Compost tea • Create approx. 1300 cu meters of compost, more than enough to cover vineyards • Increased worm number in the soil • Increased suppression and control of disease outbreaks • Reduced vineyard chemical costs by 45% • Maintain soil fungi and nutrients at desired level without adding fertilizer

  4. Biological Farming • Have recorded soil readings of 8% organic matter in some vineyards (almost double desired level) • Improved soil structure: assisted in reducing the need to irrigate in 2011 • Investment in the only ground probe aerator • Increased ability to get organic matter and carbon into the soil • Insect monitoring programs • Averaging 7.41 million worms which produce over 18.5 tons of worm casts per hectare annually • Water and air filtration and better soil environment

  5. Water Management • Water management • Water availability and salinity were two major issues • Moved from sodium-based chemistry to potassium-based chemistry • Sodium-free wastewater can be used for irrigation • Change wastewater pH control from lime to ammonia • Recovery of nitrogen usage by over 80% • Potassium recovery from waste was available for second and third uses

  6. Water Management • Able to move from large aerators to smaller aerators • Reduced energy use resulting in reduction of carbon footprint by 1,400 tons per year • Increased composting resulted in 50% reduction of water use (annual water usage of 680 households) • Usage of film technology on dams resulted in 30% reduction of evaporation of farm water storage • Tree planting along waterways stabilized and improved creek beds

  7. Waste Management • Waste management • To reduce material waste that was going to landfill • Reduced material to landfill by about 3-400 tons resulting in a small profit by reducing landfill costs • Minor redesign now saves $200,000/year in power use

  8. Waste Management • Recycling programs to capture: • Grape marc left after pressing for compost and mulch • Seeds • Stems • Skins • Reduced use of fertilizers and water • Packaging materials • Cardboard • Paper • Tank cleaning now driven by solar cell technology • Recovery of approx. 40 tons of potassium nearly offsets potassium used for cleaning purposes

  9. Waste Management • Odor control reduced odor complaints to zero through • Low-energy aeration • pH control • Bottling • Average bottle weighs about 450-500 grams, Lean & GreenTM bottles weigh in at about 360 grams resulting in savings in: • Transport • Shipment • Carbon savings from glass production

  10. Waste Management • Color coded bins to recycle bottles by segregating them resulting in • 40% reduction of waste to landfill • Reduction of approx. 270 tons of CO2

  11. Lean & GreenTM • Introduction of Lean & GreenTM lightweight bottles resulted in • Carbon savings of 1,800 tons in 2011 • Reduced freight of 40 B double trucks per year (80 x 40 ft. containers)

  12. R&D Making Sense • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlulCkJBQjI

  13. The End

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