This all day event brings together composters to network, share best practices, and build support for community scale composting systems and enterprises.

when: Saturday, October 25
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
where: Rita Church Community Center at Clifton Park
2101 St. Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD 21213

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Registration fee: $35

Registration deadline
EXTENDED:
October 23, 2014

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Registration extended to
Thursday, October 23!

Cultivating Community Composting 2014 is designed to maximize information exchange and networking, Lunch and a tour of the Real Food Farm's on-site composting and farm are included.

Registration fee: $35

 

Agenda
Updated 10.23

9:15–10:00 AM

Registration

10:00 –10:15 AM

Overview and Who's Here?

Nora Goldstein, BioCycle John Ciekot, Civic Works Brenda Platt, Institute For Local Self-Reliance

10:15–10:30 AM

Forum Keynote

Essential Attributes Of Community Composting

Brenda Platt, Institute For Local Self-Reliance

10:30–11:30 AM

Profiles In Community Composting

Andrew Hoyles, NYC Compost Project hosted by Lower East Side Ecology Center, Manhattan, NY Chris Cano, Gainesville Compost, Gainesville, FL Margaret Morgan-Hubbard, ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD Chris Russo, Tilthy Rich Compost, Durham, NC

11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Ask The Community Composters

Financing, Leases and Land Access, Feedstock Sourcing, Permits, Zoning

Open Discussion

12:00–12:45 PM

Lunch and Networking

12:45–1:30 PM

Equipment, Systems And Composting Methods

Marisa DeDominicis, NYC Compost Project hosted by Earth Matter NY, Manhattan Benny Erez, ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD

1:30–2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1: Bike-Powered and "Cab" Collection Jeremy Brosowsky, Compost Cab, Washington, DC (Invited) Chris Cano, Gainesville Compost, Gainesville, FL Jen Mastalerz, City Sprouts, Philadelphia, PA Katie Shannon, Compost Orlando, Orlando, FL

Breakout 2: Integrating Farm/Community Garden & Community Composting Management Benny Erez, ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD Tyler Brown, Real Food Farms, Baltimore, MDMarguerite Manela, NYC Compost Project hosted by Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY

Breakout 3: Compost Training Linda Bilsens, Neigborhood Soil Rebuilders Training Program, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Jodie Colón, NYC Compost Project, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY Teddy Tedesco, NYC Compost Project hosted by Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY

2:30–3:15 PM

Community Engagement

Carol Hooper, NYC Compost Project hosted by Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island, NY Jen Mastalerz, City Sprouts, PhiladelphiaMargaret Morgan-Hubbard, ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MDJustin Senkbeil, CompostNow, Raleigh, NC

3:15–3:30 PM

Open Discussion, Next Steps

3:30–4:30 PM

Overview, Tour of Real Food Farm

5:00 PM

Evening Social, networking*

*Location to be announced