Charlestown's Earth Care Farms will be a major presentor
Environment Council of Rhode Island, Greg Gerritt Coordinator The Compost Initiative
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| Charlestown's Jayne Merner Senecal of Earthcare Farm will be a speaker |
Organized by the Environment Council of Rhode Island and the Office of Sustainability at Rhode Island College, it is the yearly gathering of the compost industry in Rhode Island.
This year to celebrate the 10th conference the Morning Plenary will include 5 short talks by people who have been involved in the compost industry and the conferences for most of the last 10 Years.
What is most different about the compost industry from 10
years ago, is that the past 2 years has seen a stream of new businesses in the
compost industry and a massive movement to remove food scrap from the waste
stream, now that the infrastructure to do it has begun to develop.
Many of the new businesses in the industry will be
exhibiting and speaking at the conference, that in addition to workshops
features a mid-day trade show.
Schools are the next compost frontier, and the day will conclude with a panel organized by Foodscape on compost and RI schools.
The entire lineup for the day is included below.
People can register at the Environment Council of Rhode Island Website https://www.environmentcouncilri.org/2019-compost-conference-trade-show
and walk ins will be welcome the day of the conference.
The lineup for the 2019 RI Compost Conference:
9 AM The morning plenary will celebrate
10 years of Compost conferences with 5 people who have been involved in the RI
Compost Scene for most of the last 10 years discussing the changes they have
seen
James Murphy RIC Office of Sustainability
James Murphy RIC Office of Sustainability
Terry Gray RIDEM
Jayne Merner Senecal Earthcare Farm
Tim Faulkner ecoRI news
Michael Bradlee The Compost Depot at Frye Gardens
Morning Workshops
Session 1 10 AM
Rhodeside Revival LLC. Rhode Island's local curbside
composting program
Conor McManus, Miguel Costa
Rhodeside Revival
Alternative uses of Compost in
Stormwater Management and Green infrastructure
Jack Eaton Filtrexx
Northeast Systems
How a community composts : one
example from the front lines of local composting
Michael Bradlee The Compost
Depot at Frey Gardens
Existing and emerging
infrastructure for food waste - a regional perspective
Coryanne Mansell
Center for EcoTechnology
Session 2 11 AM
The Role of the Composter: Waste
Managers or Land Stewards?
Jayne Merner Senecal
Earth Care Farm
Progress in collecting
compostables in dense RI neighborhoods
Leo Pollock The Compost
Plant David McLaughlin Clean Ocean Access
Katie Murphy Groundwork RI
Nellie de Goguel City of Providence
Rethinking Sanitation: Composting
toilet basics
Conor Lally Nutrient
Networks
Prince George’s County (PGC), MD
compost project
Greg McCarron, William
Conrad SCS Engineers
There will be a trade show in the middle of the day
Exhibitors already committed to attend include:
Biobags America
Bootstrap Compost
Center for EcoTechnology
Filtrexx Northeast/EJ Prescott
Groundwork RI
Listening Tree Coop
Nutrient Networks
Rhodeside Revival
RI Department of Environmental Management
RI Resource Recovery Corporation
Afternoon Plenary 1:30 PM to 3
Composting at Rhode Island Schools
Diane Calvin Foodscape Moderator
Panelists Tim Faulkner Miguel Costa