2019 VORS Agenda

State of the State Josh Kelly, Materials Management Section Chief, VT ANR, Solid Waste Program

Key Note: Compost Product Market Development Frank Franciosi, Executive Director, US Composting Council

Morning Workshops

M1. Composting Methods and Nutrient Implications

• Juan Alvez, UVM Extension

• Biran Jerose, Agrilab Technologies, Inc.

• Charles Smith, Full Circle

M2. Getting Scrappy! Food Scrap Diversion Options for Residents

Kathleen Gent, CVSWMD, Facilitator

• Athena Lee Bradley, WSWMD

• Cassandra Hemenway, CVSWMD

• Megan Kolbay, Earthgirl Composting

• James McSweeney, Compost Technical Services

M3. Municipal Contracts for Solid Waste and Food Scrap Collection and Composting

• Peter Gaskill, Triple T Trucking, Patrick Moreland, City of Brattleboro, Bob Spencer, WSWMD

M4. Storm Water Projects: Getting Designers and Producers on the Same Page

Marc Companion, Lake Champlain Sea Grant Institute, Facilitator

• Jen Baer, Green Mountain Compost

• Kevin Burke, VT DEC Stormwater Program

• Dave Wheeler, Assistant Stormwater Superintendent, South Burlington

Afternoon Workshops

Community Composting Workshop: Athena Lee Bradley

A1. Composting, Soil Health & Climate Change

• Juan Alvez, UVM Extension

• Cat Buxton, Grow More, Waste Less

A2. Creatively Combating Contamination

• Elly Ventura, LRSWMD

A3. Haulers’ Roundtable: Exploring De-Packaging and a Regional Approach to Organics Diversion

Natasha Duarte, CAV, Facilitator

• Dan Bell, Agri-Cycle

• Ben Harvey, E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc.

• Lisa Ransom, Grow Compost of Vermont

A4. Storm Water Projects: Getting Designers and Producers on the Same Page

Marc Companion, Lake Champlain Sea Grant Institute, Facilitator

• Chuck Duprey, Naturcycle, Inc.

• Becky Tharp, Watershed Consulting