Compost Training Sunshine Organics & Compost - Tour

Compost Training Sunshine Organics & Compost

By: Florida Compost Council

Where: Jacksonville, FL

When: May 8, 2025

Time: 9 AM to 1:00 PM

SPEAKERS

Dr. Monica Hampton is well-known in agriculture. She has been called Florida’s “Compost Queen” through her research and workshops on compost utilization through UF/IFAS and the US Composting Council.  She is the founder and CEO of TerraNutri, LLC., a consulting company specializing in research and development in agriculture/compost and composting. You can contact her at Linkedin.com/in/Monica Hampton.

Christina Kelcourse Esq., CFP, CRPC, co-owner of Sunshine Organics and Compost.  Christina has built a career around serving the community. Her career started in corporate finance; growing an elite financial planning practice focused on ESG investing that spanned into advanced corporate training, eventually becoming a regional managing director. As an attorney, she has owned and operated an estate planning law firm, working with clients to create a solid plan to protect them and their families.  Then, she seized the opportunity to start a fresh, innovative non-profit: the North Florida Green Chamber of Commerce where she served as Executive Director and run operations. In this role she was passionate about bringing climate-smart practices to over 200 organizations within 24 industries. A native Floridian, she knows the land and the people. She is married to Mike Kelcourse the other co-owner of Sunshine and together they have three children. 

Sunshine Organics and Compost President and Founder, Michael Kelcourse, started his professional career on a family farm. Always a hard worker, starting at the bottom and working his way up from bailing hay and plowing fields, to eventually holding positions as Financial Analyst to General Manager.  As Chief Financial Officer for Re-Harvest, Inc., a recycling facility in New England, he learned valuable insight into how the waste industry works. With this knowledge, he successfully started Kelco Recycling, a cardboard, paper, and plastics recycling business that he owned and operated for over a decade.  His path eventually led to food recycling, which inspired him to start Sunshine Organics and Compost. Now, the first and only food waste commercial compost facility in Duval County, Michael is in charge of daily operations, compliance, and maintenance, as well as securing all the tonnages across the scales at Sunshine. 

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

The half-day training will be provided at $50 for non-members and $40 for members per participant. We can accommodate up to 40 people, so register today to ensure a place. 

Sunshine Organics and Compost is located at 6478 Buffalo Ave, Jacksonville, FL, 32208

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