Going forward, future collaborations and seasonal beers such as their highly regarded yearly release of Oktoberfest will also be available in Arizona. The initial launch lineup features Karl Strauss’ Aurora Hoppyalis IPA, Red Trolley Ale, Boat Shoes Hazy IPA, Mosaic IPA, and their newly released Sun Drops Hazy IPA – a low-cal and low-ABV offering. By co-composting the manure with landscape trimmings, we create soil building products.SAN DIEGO, Ma(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - California brewery icon Karl Strauss Brewing Company is available across state lines! The brewery is proud to introduce Arizonans to their lineup of award-winning beers, as well as their Endless Summer Hard Seltzer line. Those animals in turn create high protein, human consumable foods. “We’re taking refuse from urban centers and converting it into feed for our animals. #CALIFORNIA BREWERIES KARL STRAUSS PLUS#When it comes to benefits, Konyn acknowledges that CAFO’s (confined animal feeding operations) concern animal welfare advocates, vegans, and environmentalists, but contends that diversifying his dairy operation enables him to produce milk while recycling food waste into animal feed plus producing soil-building compost. Sarver sees the relationship between the companies as “a win-win, but not without its costs, hard work and diligence to bring to fruition,” and he urges those interested in establishing the same type of dynamic to follow the proper channels in order for small operations to continue delivering consumer benefits. All of these materials are diverted from landfills and converted into feed for the cows,” says Konyn. “ collect more than 1,500 tons per month of food waste, including spent brewery grains, bakery products, and pressed fruits and vegetables from juice manufacturers. Konyn estimates they’ve grown from picking up two to three tons of grains at a time to over 250 tons per week (50 tons alone come from Karl Strauss). is now one of the biggest users and transporters of spent grain from local breweries. With no shortage of local beer being brewed in San Diego, KD Farms Trucking, Inc. Today, the trucks deliver their compost all over the region, but Konyn saw a greater opportunity. Now, we have a fleet of eight trucks,” says Konyn. “The trucking company started out as a pickup truck with a dump trailer. Thus, the third leg of the cooperation “organically” emerged in the form of KD Farms Trucking, Inc. “The compost site helps the dairy survive, and consumers get the benefit of microbially rich soil amendments as well as locally produced milk,” says Sarver.Īs the businesses grew, costs for transporting materials across the county grew right along with it. Konyn also uses it on-site to help his alfalfa fields grow, generating an additional feed source for his cows in order to reduce his monthly expenses. Since composting and use of the end product actually reduces greenhouse gas emissions, we think the regulations should take that into account and soften up on activities that are moving our environmental goals in the right direction.”ĭespite these roadblocks, their compost ships to everyone from local landscapers to the Carlsbad flower fields and even California State University, San Marcos for use on the baseball field. This dynamic makes it hard to make ends meet. And the rules are getting more stringent. “Composting is a heavily regulated industry, and we’ve spent a lot of money on permitting, and spend a substantial amount annually on regulatory compliance. Rick Sarver, vice president of sales and operations at San Pasqual Valley Soils, describes some of the unique challenges they face as unfortunate. It remains one of the only approved organic-use composting sites in the county. In 2007, Konyn launched the dairy’s sister company San Pasqual Valley Soils to combine landscape trimmings with manure in order to provide greenhouse gas-reducing compost available for sale. But for a standalone dairyman to survive is proving to be very difficult,” he explains.Įven on farms, opportunities to turn wasteful liabilities into profitable assets are hard to come by, but as Konyn searched for a profitable new venture, he realized he was sitting on a veritable gold mine-or more accurately, a brown one.Ī dairy cow can eat over 100 pounds of food in a day and generates over six yards of manure per year.Ĭow manure happens to be very rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, making it a perfect source for mixing rich compost for growing crops or flowers. Throughout the state, dairy farmers that are making money are diversified: They grow almonds, walnuts, own real estate, maybe they do hay sales, etcetera. “In California, you’ll find the same thing among most dairymen.
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