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SUMMARY:Connecticut Compost Conference
DESCRIPTION:March 23\, 2020\, at Central Connecticut State University. \nThis informative day will include keynote speakers\, breakout sessions\, panel discussion\, networking\, exhibitors\, and a Q&A. \nThis critical event will provide information and resources for farmers and municipalities to expand their leaf and/or manure composting operation to include food scraps. The focus of workshops will include the benefits to soil health\, conservation\, food waste management\, and climate adaptation. Compost manufacturing and compost utilization are vital to producing healthy soils\, clean air and water\, and sustainable society. \n4 AOLCP CEUs available \nTentative Agenda: \n8:30 am: Registration\, Breakfast\, Networking\, and Exhibitor Fair\n9:15 am: Welcome – Dr. Charles Button\, CCSU Geography Department\nState of the State – Compost Permitting and Regulations Status in CT:\nBryan Hurlburt\, CT Dept. of Ag. Commissioner\nRobert Isner\, Director of Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division at CT DEEP\n10:00 am: Keynote Presentations\nMark Hutchinson – University of Maine Composting School\nAndrew Carpenter – Northern Tilth\, Maine\n11:30 am: Breakout Sessions\nBack to Basics: Medium Scale Composting- Mike Carignan\, AGRESOURCE\, NY\nScale Up: Advanced Composting – Recipes & Calculators – Domingo Medina\, CT NOFA\n12:30 pm: Lunch\, Networking & Exhibitor Tables\n1:30 pm: Breakout Session\nCompost Feedstocks –Mark Hutchinson\, University of Maine Composting School\nCompost siting\, equipment\, infrastructure\, management and nutrient management – Andrew Carpenter\, Northern Tilth\, Maine\n2:30 pm: Break\n2:45 pm: Composting in CT – Farms & Municipalities currently composting – Speaker Panel/Q&A\n4:00 pm: Compost Testing & Results – Dawn Pettinelli\, UConn Extension & Beneficial Uses of Compost – James Hyde\, USDA NRCS\n4:30 pm: Networking & Exhibitor Tables\n5:00 pm: Conclude \nPlanning Partners: CT NOFA\, CT RC&D\, CT DEEP\, CT DOAG\, USDA NRCS\, UConn Master Composting Program\, Central CT State University\, American Farmland Trust\, River COG\, NW Conservation District\, Center for Ecotechnology (CET)\, Composting Association of VT\, and other partners from Massachusetts & Vermont. \nSpecial Thanks to our generous Sponsors: \nSustainable CT\, Farm Credit East\, RecycleCT\, UConn Master Composting Program\, American Farmland Trust\, Connecticut Recyclers Coalition\, Peels & Wheels Composting\, and CT Council on Soil and Water Conservation
URL:https://nofa.organiclandcare.net/event/connecticut-compost-conference/
LOCATION:Central Connecticut State University\, 1615 Stanley Street\, New Britain\, 06053\, United States
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