Many farmers place used tires on silage bunkers to protect silage and prevent weed growth — but tires also hold water and mud, creating a perfect breeding ground for mosquitos and allowing mosquito-borne diseases to spread.
On May 29, join the Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture at the UVLT’s Brookmead Food Pantry Garden in Norwich to learn more about a simple solution to this problem — sidewalls cut from old tires.
In addition to removing mosquito breeding grounds, sidewalls offer several other advantages. They can be stacked on a post to move with a forklift and are much lighter and easier to transport and place than whole tires. Sidewalls can be overlapped to create additional weight as needed.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture has recently purchased a SuperSlicer to generate a supply of sidewalls for interested farmers. This machine cuts two sidewalls from each used tire (treads and metal pieces are disposed of separately) and can generate 50-60 sidewalls per hour.
Event attendees will see the SuperSlicer in action, meet Vermont Agency of Agriculture staff, learn about the logistics of bringing the slicer to their farms, and explore the UVLT garden. No registration is required, and everyone is welcome.
