• Lincoln Elementary School Receives 2009 Green School Award - Friday, December 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM

  • Ventura Mayor Christy Weir and Agromin CEO Bill Camarillo presented Lincoln Elementary School in Ventura with the 2009 Green School Award for achievement in environmental excellence. Agromin is the award's official sponsor.

    The November 16 presentation at Ventura City Hall Council Chambers included Agromin's donation of a check to the school for $500. The school was recognized for its recycling collection system that helps fund the school's art program and an impressive gardening program.

    Green School Awards was created three years ago by the City of Ventura to encourage schools to become more environmentally aware. Agromin partners with Ventura to recycle its green waste into soil products available to residents, landscapers and farmers. It was a natural fit for the city and Agromin to join forces. Kids "get" the importance of recycling--hopefully it will be a life-long habit!

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  • Agromin Co-Sponsors Green School of the Year Award - Monday, September 14, 2009 at 11:46 AM
  • For the third year, Agromin is co-sponsoring the City of Ventura's Green School Awards. The Award recognizes schools that have achieved environmental excellence. Last year, the winner was Saticoy Elementary School for its sustainable environmental practices. Students, parents, teachers and staff created and implemented a campus-wide program that involves conservation, recycling and reducing waste.

    This year's award winner will be announced in November. Good luck to all you green-conscious schools out there!

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  • Agromin Co-Sponsors Green School Award With City of Ventura - Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 4:50 PM


  • For the second year, Agromin co-sponsored the City of Ventura's Green School Award for achievement in environmental excellence. This year's winner is Saticoy Elementary School. Ventura Mayor Christy Weir and Agromin's CEO Bill Camarillo presented the award and $500 cash prize to the school at a November 14 school assembly. The school was again honored on November 17 at a Ventura City Council meeting.

    Saticoy was one of 12 school entries. It was selected because of its continuing green efforts. Saticoy Elementary School students, parents, faculty and staff, with the support of school principal James Sather, implement an ongoing campus-wide conservation, recycling and waste reduction program.

    Under the guidance of fifth grade teacher Debi Tygell and other faculty members, students collect scrap food after lunch and put the materials in composting bins. A "green team" makes sure anything that can be recycled from lunch including plastics is put into recycling bins. The school recently introduced a valet team, with members escorting younger students in the morning from their parents' cars to their classrooms. This effort eliminates green house gas emissions by reducing morning traffic congestion around the school.

    Some Saticoy students developed a game show, skits and public service announcements (PSAs) on the value of recycling. The PSAs are currently airing on the local cable station. Students also plant trees and maintain a school garden with Agromin supplying the mulch for these projects.

    In addition to Saticoy Elementary, Lincoln, Pierpont and E.P. Foster schools were named award finalists for their green efforts.

    "Agromin is pleased to partner with the City of Ventura for the Green School Award," says Agromin's Bill Camarillo. "When children are taught early about the importance of recycling and taking care of the environment, it becomes a life-long way of doing things. We're finding kids are more conscious of the need to recycle than most adults."

    Agromin is the green materials recycler for 19 cities in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. Every year, the company collects over 260,000 tons of green material (leaves, grass clippings and wood). It then cleans, processes and composts the material into soil products. The products are returned to the earth when used by farmers, landscapers and consumers--thus closing the "recycling loop."

    Agromin compost is listed by the non-profit Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) so it is used in certified organic production or food processing in accordance to the USDA National Organic Program standards. Agromin soil products are also approved for by the U.S. Composting Council (USCC). The certification means Agromin has met the USCC standards for compost content and its soil products are clean and safe. Agromin products are sold in bulk and in bags at locations in Ventura, Santa Barbara, Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Products are also available online at www.agromin.com.

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