Michael Brautovich, Compost Operations,
Keith Day Company/Gabilan Ag Services
Michael has more than 30 years of experience in agriculture and horticulture in all aspects of producing organic and conventionally grown greenhouse crops and field-grown fruits and vegetables from the farm too and through the processing facility. Michael spent more than 10 years at Earthbound Farm where he led the implementation of good agricultural practices for raw agricultural commodities. He has researched and implemented organic soil management and fertility practices and guidelines for ornamental and vegetable crop producers and compost operations throughout California. He has served on the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Technical Committee, the Global GAP National Technical Working Group, been a member of the Farm Food Safety and Conservation Network steering committee and served on the AB 856 Organic Input Materials Subcommittee. During his tenure with Sun-Land Garden Products, he developed and managed one of the first fully permitted solid waste facility compost sites in Monterey County at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District Environmental Park in Marina Ca. He is currently with Keith Day Company, overseeing compost operations and product quality, safety, and organic compliance.
