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BEAM Pioneers

collage of people involved in BEAM bioreactor projects

When we started the BEAM Bioreactor Registry(opens in new window) we did not realize how enthusiastic people would be about sharing photographs and stories. We at CRARS have also been writing numerous articles and creating other resources of our own. Here you'll find an ever-changing array of photographs and stories from and/or about people participating in this exciting project.

San Mateo Master Gardeners pose and wave at the camera
Generating a Lot of Excitement
CRARS blog post about the wide variety of people who first got involved in this project.
Esther Kim and Vaughn Harold standing in front of the bioreactors they built
BEAM Compost in Rangelands Study at Chico State
The Chico State Farm has eight bioreactors preparing BEAM compost for use in a study on carbon sequestration, rangeland soil fertility, and plant productivity in semi-arid grasslands.
San Mateo Master Gardeners getting ready to fill their bioreactor
San Mateo Master Gardeners
Photographs and firsthand accounts from the San Mateo Master Gardeners
Tom Newmark and Steven Farrell stand inside the bioreactor they were building
Finca Luna Nueva
Find out about the regenerative mentor-farmers at Finca Luna Nueva in Costa Rica. They just built a bioreactor hoping it will assist with those efforts.
Adrian Bignell in his field
Adrian Bignell
Meet Adrian Bignell, a farmer and rancher in Zambia, Central Africa who is hoping to use BEAM compost in efforts to farm in the midst of current climate-change fueled challenges.
Nathanael Siemens checking the soil on his regenerative cotton field
Fat Uncle Farms
Nathanael Siemens of Fat Uncle Farms is building a bioreactor to help in his efforts to grow cotton regeneratively in Buttonwillow, CA.
Dr. David Johnson holding BEAM compost extract in Willcox AZ
BEAM Research in Willcox, AZ
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Center for Regenerative Agriculture have begun a joint five year study using BEAM compost on 77 acres in Willcox, Arizona.
People posing in front of a bioreactor project in Kenya
Bioreactor Projects in Rwanda and Kenya
Photographs of bioreactor projects at a poverty and hunger reduction program in Rwanda and at an agriculture research site in Kenya.
hand holding compost
Henning's Project
Success! A report on wonderful results from an unusual choice of composting materials.
The Wright family in their garden
Bioreactor Learning Adventure at The Crooked Post
How failure can be the best teacher.
Tim LaSalle and participants at Cuesta College's Bioreactor event
Tim LaSalle at Cuesta College Event
Part of Cuesta College's Regenerative Agriculture Seminar Series
Group members building a bioreactor.
California Rare Fruit Growers Build a Bioreactor
The California Rare Fruit Growers build a bioreactor in the orchard at Cal Poly.
The land at Urkuwayku before it was rehabilitated.
Johnson-Su Bioreactors Helping to Transform Land and Livelihoods in the Andes
Stephen Sherwood and his family rehabilitate the land on their farm on the slopes of a degraded volcano in Ecuador using BEAM compost as part of the process.