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Thank you to all the many speakers who shared their time and talents with conference attendees at the Southeast Food Waste Conference.
Special thanks to Earth Farms Organics who helped divert 280 pounds of food scrap from the conference waste stream!
Presentations may be downloaded by clicking the link on each presentation below.
Plenary 1: The Food Waste Challenge
- Food Recycling Trends, Nora Goldstein
- Food Waste in the US, Marybeth VanPelt
- Organics Diversion in NC, Brian Rosa
- Market Driven Analysis of Restaurant Composting, Wendy Matheny
Plenary 2: Major Initiative Addressing Food Waste
- Major Initiatives Addressing Food Waste, Michael Hewett
- Organics Recovery and Conversion through Composting, Frank Franciosi
- Scaling Up Composting in the Charlotte, NC Region, Anne Bedarf
Breakout 1: Anaerobic Digestion
- Organic Waste Systems, Norma McDonald
- Turning Earth, Blake Sturcke
- Anaerobic Digestion for Organic Wastes, Lisa Lee Morgan
Breakout 2: Food Donation and Animal Feeding
- Balancing Food Waste Reduction at Friendship Trays, Kathy Metzo
- Food Donation Connection, Jim Larson
Breakout 3: Residential Food Waste Collection
- The Keys to Successful Food Waste Collection, Rhodes Yepsen
- Food Waste Collection Pilot, Lexingon-Fayette County Government, Bluegrass Pride
- Source-Separated Organics Model, Abby Goldsmith
- Residential Composting, Mary Harrington
Breakout 4: Commercial/Institutional Collection - Generator's Perspective
- Compost in Dining Halls at NC State, Keith Smith
- Compost Collection at Carolina, Natalia Posthill
- Publix Waste Management Partnership, Kim Brunson and Leigh Ann Hayes
- Zero Waste Program at Whole Foods, Lori Wilson
Breakout 5: Planning Food Waste Diversion in Local Governments
- Catawba County Food Waste Diversion Study, Tracy Chouinard and Natalia Queen
- Charleston County's Commercial Food Waste Composting Program, Carolyn Caruso
- Mecklenburg County Food Waste Diversion Study, Nadine Ford and Miriam Zimms
- Food Waste Collection for Composting in Orange County, Blair Pollock
Breakout 6: Composting Food Waste
- Challenges and Lessons in Building a Food Scrap Compsting Facility in VA, Craig Coker
- Food Residuals Composting Program, Amy Brooks
Breakout 7: Commercial/Institutional Collection - Collector's Perspective
- Commercial Organics Waste Collection, Wayne Koeckeritz
- Compost Colleciton, Danny Keaton
- Organics Market and Your Options, Anne Brantley
- Food Waste Diversion, Hauler's Perspective, Jeff Beatty
Breakout 8: Capturing Environmental Benefits of Food Waste Diversion
- Food Waste Compost: Environmental Benefits from an Economics Perspective, Noel Lyons
- Designing with Nature, Britt Faucette
- Sustainable Food Management, Jean Schwab
· Increasing Food Residuals Diversion the Southeast
· Removing the Barriers for Success
· Renewable Energy from Organics
· Compostable Bio Plastics
· Innovative Uses of Compost
· Large Scale Vermi-composting
· Legislation, Regulations and Advocacy
· Facility Operational Challenges
· Organics Diversion Programs and Progress
· Expanding Composting Infrastructure
