PPT-Composting Recycling Food Scraps through Nature

Soul Food or Soil Food What on Earth is Soil 45 Minerals Sand silt clay 25 Water 25 Air 5 Organic matter Dead decaying plants animals and other organisms Topsoil Subsoil Bedrock. Making compost keeps these materials out of land64257lls where they take up precious space and release methane a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere It bene64257ts your yard Compost improves soil stru Gary Feinland. November 4, 2015. NYSAR3 Food Recovery Workshop. Cooperstown, NY. At the Top. Food Scraps and Wasted Food. Food Scraps – inedible trimmings . . during food preparation. Food Waste in Buildings. Food Waste is a Big Problem. 31. %. . or . 133 billion . pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants, . cafeterias, and . homes goes uneaten.. All . of the resources that went into producing that wasted food – including the land, labor, water, . Why Compost Food . Scraps?. Increases life of landfill. Food scraps can make up as much as 15% of . community’s . MSW.. Reduces . landfill greenhouse gases. Food scraps a key ingredient in methane generation. Organics. . and Composting in New. . Hampshire. April 5, 2017: 9:00 – 11:30 AM. Location: . NHDES Auditorium . 9 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. Today’s Agenda. 8:30-9:00 - Registration (photo . FOOD SCRAPS & COMPOSTING PROGRAM. Current Skowhegan System- Turned Pile. Compost ingredients simply stacked into a pile and left to decompose.. Least labor intensive, piles turned 4X/yr.. Least expensive method. Minimal Equipment (Front-end loader. February 9 2017 Stakeholder Meeting. Model Rules and . Regs. : State level. Harvard Law & Food Policy Tool Kit. Several policy areas states can target to prevent and sustainably manage food waste. Composting. How-to . advice to get started!. 2. College of. Agriculture and . Natural Resources. What is compost?. Why start composting?. Pick a place. Build . y. our pile.. Active (hot) vs. passive (cool).. provided by:. Peter Cooke. Manomet. . 3. 4. The average American wastes ten times as much food as someone in Southeast Asia and 50 percent more than an American living in the 1970s.      . Natural Resources Defense Council, August 2012. Food waste is collected in the school kitchen by the chef and cafeteria employees.. Food scraps are collected from students’ uneaten food in the cafeteria.. The rotting food. scraps are turned . into compost at the . advice to get started!. 2. College of. Agriculture and . Natural Resources. What is compost?. Why start composting?. Pick a place. Build . y. our pile.. Active (hot) vs. passive (cool).. How do I use it?. Public Works Department. 1. Environmental Quality Commission. June 11, 2015. Background. Citywide 40% diversion goal by 2020. Resource Evaluation Study – 2014. Existing Mulching Operations. Pilot Food Scraps Composting Program – Implemented January 2015. advice to get started!. 2. College of. Agriculture and . Natural Resources. What is compost?. Why start composting?. Pick a place. Build . y. our pile.. Active (hot) vs. passive (cool).. How do I use it?. Nancy Allred. UME Master Gardener, Anne Arundel County. What is Compost?. Compost is dark, crumbly, earthy-smelling material that results from the decomposition of leaves, kitchen scraps, and other organic materials. .