April 20, 2016 at San Francisco Public Library in San Francisco.
*Free Event
Please join us for an entertaining evening of discussion, slides and video clips illustrating the connection between urban compost collection programs and natural farming.
By combining urban compost collection programs and natural farming we can improve soil health and turn farms into carbon sinks. If all countries participate, experts say we could offset 70 percent of carbon emissions!
Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A with the audience.
Speakers include:
Robert Reed
Spokesperson for Recology, San Francisco’s employee-owned recycling and compost collection company. San Francisco is an international leader in the urban collection of food scraps and plant cuttings for composting. And Recology is working closely with agronomists, farmers and environmentalists to show people around the world how sending food, in the form of compost, back to farms may present our best chance to something about climate change.
Diana Donlon
Director of Food and Climate at the Center for Food Safety where her work centers on advancing the global opportunity to mitigate climate change, increase food and water supplies and protect habitat through rebuilding soil carbon. Soil Solutions to Climate Problems, a new four-minute film she produced, was screened by the French Ministry of Agriculture at the recent UN Climate Conference in Paris. Diana has worked for a variety of family foundations supporting youth and sustainable agriculture programs. She was born and raised in San Francisco and now lives with her family in San Anselmo.
Nigel Walker
Owner and operator of EatWell Farm and expert in natural farming. EatWell Farm organic produce can be found at San Francisco‘s farmer’s markets, Rainbow Grocery or at your doorstep via CSA Farm Box.
Why Compost?
When compostable food scraps and yard debris are sent to the landfill, not only are their valuable nutrients wasted, but they can actually cause environmental harm. In the landfill, organic materials decompose anaerobically (without oxygen), releasing methane, a greenhouse gas that is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Landfills account for 34% of methane emissions in the United States. Meanwhile, America is losing its soil fertility and topsoil at alarming rates. When food scraps are recycled, either in a backyard compost pile or as part of a municipal composting system, they are turned from waste into a resource and used to enrich gardens and agricultural lands. (cuesa.org)
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