The Schedule
(subject to change)

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Day 1

Monday, January 23

Registration 8:00 - 9:00

9:00 - 10:00

Welcome, Opening Keynote, and Introductions

Clarissa Libertelli, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Kourtnii Brown, California Alliance for Community Composting

Elinor Crescenzi, Food Cycle Collective

Michael Martinez, LA Compost


Break 10:00 - 10:15

10:15 - 11:15

Tackling Critical Components: Peer-to-Peer Chats Session I


11:30 - 12:30

Tackling Critical Components: Peer-to-Peer Chats Session II


Lunch 12:30 - 1:45 (on your own/offsite)

Nearby options

2:00 - 4:00

TWO CONCURRENT TRACKS

TRACK A: Community-Rooted & Volunteer Run Programs

Moderator: Elena Lopez, LA Compost

TRACK B: The Business of Community Composting 

Moderator: Kelly Adlington, Bucket Ruckus

2:00 - 4:00

Concurrent Track A: Community-Rooted & Volunteer Run Programs

Generating Excitement About Community Composting in an Urban, Chronically Marginalized Community
Marvin Hayes & Kenny Moss, Baltimore Compost Collective (Baltimore)

Youth Composting Programs
Nando Rodriguez, The Brotherhood Sister Sol & Open Road of NY (New York City) 

Expanding Access to Composting Through Community Partnerships
Kyleen Sanchez, The Lower East Side Ecology Center (New York City)

California Alliance Launches 120 Community-Led Compost Hubs
Kourtnii Brown, California Alliance for Community Composting

2:00 - 4:00

Concurrent Track B: The Business of Community Composting 

Funding & Adapting to Changing Economic Climate
Brittany Forslind, Java's Compost (Orange, NJ)

Operations & Facility Design for Small-scale Collection & Composting Businesses
Karl Johnson, Yes Compost (Belgrade, MT)

Scaling Collections and Composting: The Finance and Operations of Growth at Rust Belt Riders
Aramay Moss, Rust Belt Riders (Cleveland, OH)

Building a Resilient Business
Molly Lindsay, Community Compost Company (Kerhonkson, NY) 

4:15 - 4:45

Plenary Panel: Composting Systems

Moderator: James McSweeney, Compost Technical Services & 131 Compost School

Solarized Three-Bin Aerated Static Pile Systems
Natasha Dyer, Zero Waste Atlanta 

ASP Bunker System at an Urban Farm
Khari Diop, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture (Atlanta)

Retrofitted Shipping Container Composting System for Farm-Based Sites
Benny Erez, ECO City Farms (Bladensburg, MD)

Small ASP Piles for Schools
Gretchen Losano, West Maui Green Cycle (West Maui, HI)

Rural Farm-Scale ASP System
Ryan Green, Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting (Bozeman, MT)

Super Cube Design & Making Vessels from Reclaimed Materials
Van Calvez, Green Mountain Technologies (Bainbridge Island, WA)


4:45 - 5:30

Closing Plenary Panel
Building a Community of Practice: Next Steps to Cultivate Community Composting

Moderator: Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

This moderated session will feature a panel discussing next steps and strategies for building the movement. 


Panel:

Michael Martinez, LA Compost

Jeffrey Neal, Loop Closing, DC

Ella Kotner, Groundwork Rhode Island 

Tim Bowater,  The CarbonCycle Company, New Zealand

Eileen Banyra, Community Compost Co. & USCC Board Member 

J. Olu, Atlanta Urban Agriculture Director

5:30

Closing Poem
Marvin Hayes, Baltimore Compost Collective

Reception & Party!
Punch Bowl Rancho

12635 N Mainstreet Rancho Cucamonga, 91739

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

 

award-winning food (taco buffet!), craft bevies, full-service bar (1 free drink ticket for wine or beer), 2 bowling lanes, ping pong, bonzini foosball

Get your dance shoes!

 

Open only to attendees who have registered

Buses depart Ontario Convention Center to event at 6 pm and 6:30 pm

Return buses leave event at 9 pm and 9:30 pm



 

Day 2

Tuesday, January 24th

Morning Field Day
(8:30 a.m. – noon with lunch provided at noon)

Tours of Community Compost Sites
(1 p.m. – ~5:30 p.m.)

Days 3 to 5

Wednesday-Friday, January 25-27th