Author: Alec Resha

DIV.223-Will Implementation of Compostables Reduce Contamination and Capture More Food?-AC23.USCC

In collaboration with four Chicago dining venues and numerous stakeholders, CompostAble Chicago built a framework to evaluate how best practices for compostable serviceware are linked to rates of food capture and levels of contamination. Findings suggest a direct relationship between these practices and a diversion program’s effectiveness.Speakers: Ashley ElzingaDuration: 15 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price:… Continue reading DIV.223-Will Implementation of Compostables Reduce Contamination and Capture More Food?-AC23.USCC

POL.116-Regenerative Agriculture and the Farm Bill: How a Better Farm Bill can Build Healthier Soils-AC23.USCC

We will influence policymakers in Washington, D.C. to integrate regenerative agriculture into the 2023 Farm Bill by uplifting the voices of American farmers and ranchers, including support for small and historically underserved producers, and supporting and activating grassroots efforts that demonstrate the importance of this issue in key districts.Speakers: Ayesha AliDuration: 12 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price:… Continue reading POL.116-Regenerative Agriculture and the Farm Bill: How a Better Farm Bill can Build Healthier Soils-AC23.USCC

VIS.219-Table to Farm: A Regenerative Economy to Build Healthy Soil-AC23.USCC

Aside from merely diverting organics, some of the best chefs and restaurants in CA and CO are actively creating a robust market–buying thousands of tons of compost for use on local farms, ranches and vineyards. Learn more and get involved, or begin a program in your region.Speakers: Anthony MyintDuration: 15 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price:… Continue reading VIS.219-Table to Farm: A Regenerative Economy to Build Healthy Soil-AC23.USCC

POL.121-Regulatory Trends with Organic Waste-AC23.USCC

SB1383 – Focus on Jurisdiction Requirements rather than Business requirements; mention Article 12 – refer to Session 5. As opposed to MA Food waste ban, which required commercial food waste generators to handle their own food waste Speakers: Cindy Liles Duration: 12 minutes Credits: 0.5 Member Price: $30.00 Non-Member Price: $52.50 Purchase Course Now

USE.315-Compost Application Can Improve Water Quality, Enhance Soil Health, and Increase Climate Resiliency in Coastal California’s Cool-Season Vegetable Agroecosystems.-AC23.CREF

Substituting nitrogen fertilizer with compost can improve soil health and environmental quality in California’s intensively managed cool-season vegetable systems without compromising yields.Speakers: Cole SmithDuration: 24 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

MAR.221-Composters To The Rescue: Helping Jurisdictions Comply With CA SB 1383 Procurement Requirements and Slow Climate Change-AC23.USCC

This presentation will provide information on how composters can be the solution to the issues facing jurisdictions as they grapple with ways to comply with SB 1383 recycled green waste procurement requirements.Speakers: Bill CamarilloDuration: 17 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

DIV.224-Growing Food Scrap Diversion: Adding Food Waste as a Feedstock to Existing Compost Operations-AC23.USCC

To provide the audience an opportunity to hear from an industrial scale compost manufacturer with 10 years of food waste processing experience. The Compost Company has worked with food waste since its inception, allowing them to provide valuable perspective on the efficacy of incorporating food waste as a feedstock.Speakers: Clay Ezell, Brad MillerDuration: 20 minutesCredits:… Continue reading DIV.224-Growing Food Scrap Diversion: Adding Food Waste as a Feedstock to Existing Compost Operations-AC23.USCC

VIS.310-Biochar Co-Composting of Dairy Manure Substantially Reduces Methane and Can Play a Critical Role in Meeting Climate Goals-AC23.CREF

Biochar co-composting of dairy manure substantially reduces methane compared to composting without biochar. Using biochar-compost as a complementary strategy to anaerobic digestion can help achieve methane reduction policies in California and globally.Speakers: Brendan HarrisonDuration: 21 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

FAC.224-Rose Bowl Stadium: Insights to Institutional Composting-AC23.USCC

The Pasadena Rose Bowl is recycling its food scraps by producing and using compost on site. Different compost technologies produce compost that is variously suited to the cultivars on that site. Finding the technology, measuring the biology, plus chemical and physical properties allow you to to achieve the greatest success.Speakers: Christine Lenches-HinkelDuration: 20 minutesCredits: 0.5Member… Continue reading FAC.224-Rose Bowl Stadium: Insights to Institutional Composting-AC23.USCC