CCC Workshop - Part 4: The Business of Community Composting [Mary Ryther, Com...Virginia Streeter
This document uses the Business Model Canvas (BMC) to analyze the business model of a compost company called Compost With Me. The BMC examines 9 components: customer segments, value propositions, channels, customer relationships, revenue streams, key resources, key activities, key partners, and cost structure. Compost With Me services residential, commercial, institutional, and special event customers. Their value lies in providing a solution to food waste through compost collection and sales.
CCC Workshop - Part 5: Community Engagement & Building Community Power via Co...Virginia Streeter
Participants included:
Michael Martinez, LA Compost, Los Angeles
Corinne Coe, Terra Nova Compost, Atlanta
Renee Wallace, Food Plus Detroit, Detroit
Sophia Hosain, Real Food Farm – Civic Works, Baltimore
Valerie Onifade, Howard University Community Garden, Washington D.C.
Amy Freeman, Edible Flint & Flint Women in Ag Farm Development Center, Flint
Lor Holmes, CERO, Boston
CCC Forum - Part 2: Supporting a Distributed Composting Infrastructure [Chris...Virginia Streeter
Nearly 63 million tons of food waste is generated per year in the United States, costing an estimated $218 billion. Various solutions exist to reduce food waste that range in cost from $2 billion to $144 billion, with a total potential savings of $57 billion if all cost-effective solutions were implemented. A marginal cost curve analysis identifies the most cost-effective solutions to reduce food waste.
CCC Forum - Parts 1 & 2: Community Composting - Distributed, Diverse, and Gro...Virginia Streeter
Composting is a way to reduce waste and create nutrient-rich soil. The organization Empowering Neighborhoods Through Compost teaches communities how to start composting programs to deal with food scraps and other organic materials that would otherwise go to landfills. Their goal is to help neighborhoods become more sustainable through decentralized community composting.
CCC Workshop - Part 4: The Business of Community Composting [Mary Ryther, Com...Virginia Streeter
This document uses the Business Model Canvas (BMC) to analyze the business model of a compost company called Compost With Me. The BMC examines 9 components: customer segments, value propositions, channels, customer relationships, revenue streams, key resources, key activities, key partners, and cost structure. Compost With Me services residential, commercial, institutional, and special event customers. Their value lies in providing a solution to food waste through compost collection and sales.
CCC Workshop - Part 5: Community Engagement & Building Community Power via Co...Virginia Streeter
Participants included:
Michael Martinez, LA Compost, Los Angeles
Corinne Coe, Terra Nova Compost, Atlanta
Renee Wallace, Food Plus Detroit, Detroit
Sophia Hosain, Real Food Farm – Civic Works, Baltimore
Valerie Onifade, Howard University Community Garden, Washington D.C.
Amy Freeman, Edible Flint & Flint Women in Ag Farm Development Center, Flint
Lor Holmes, CERO, Boston
CCC Forum - Part 2: Supporting a Distributed Composting Infrastructure [Chris...Virginia Streeter
Nearly 63 million tons of food waste is generated per year in the United States, costing an estimated $218 billion. Various solutions exist to reduce food waste that range in cost from $2 billion to $144 billion, with a total potential savings of $57 billion if all cost-effective solutions were implemented. A marginal cost curve analysis identifies the most cost-effective solutions to reduce food waste.
CCC Forum - Parts 1 & 2: Community Composting - Distributed, Diverse, and Gro...Virginia Streeter
Composting is a way to reduce waste and create nutrient-rich soil. The organization Empowering Neighborhoods Through Compost teaches communities how to start composting programs to deal with food scraps and other organic materials that would otherwise go to landfills. Their goal is to help neighborhoods become more sustainable through decentralized community composting.
CCC Forum - Part 1: Community Composting - Distributed, Diverse, and Growing ...Virginia Streeter
The document discusses community composting and its benefits for soil and people. It focuses on building vitality in soil through composting ingredients from farmers that are then processed by composters to create output that grows better soil. The process involves farmers transporting ingredients that are then composted to build soil and community vitality.
CCC Workshop - Part 3: Hauling, Bike, & Other Logistics [Justin Senkbell, Com...Virginia Streeter
Brooks Composting processed over 1.4 million pounds of organic material in 2022. The company's contact information and social media handles are provided for Justin Senkbeil, who can be reached at justin@compostnow.org regarding composting services.
This document lists the names and organizations of over 30 people involved in community composting initiatives in 2017. It includes individuals from organizations such as Apple Rabbit Compost, Common Ground Compost, Compost With Me, Seattle Tilth, NYC Compost Project, Solana Center, and more. The document provides a high-level overview of many leaders and groups active in community composting across multiple cities in 2017.
The document discusses establishing best management practices (BMPs) for urban community compost sites in New York City. It provides an overview of the NYC Compost Project, which works to provide education and support for composting in NYC through programs like a master composter course, technical assistance for sites, and ensuring sites follow BMPs in areas like site design and management, composting process, and community engagement. It notes that since June 2016, 71% of visited sites have followed all standard BMPs.
This document provides an overview of home composting basics from a webinar presented by Brenda Platt. It discusses what compost is, the benefits of composting, different types of composting systems and bins, how to properly set up and maintain a compost pile with the right carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and moisture level. The document also covers troubleshooting compost that isn't heating up properly, signs that compost is finished, and different ways to use finished compost in gardens.
Compost Sequesters Carbon & Delivers Other Ecosystem BenefitsVirginia Streeter
The document discusses the benefits of composting food scraps over landfilling them. Composting food scraps produces significantly less methane compared to landfilling. However, the benefits of composting extend far beyond just methane reduction. Compost improves soil health by increasing organic matter, which in turn improves ecosystem services like carbon storage, water regulation, and food production. Using compost can regenerate degraded soils, boost agricultural yields, and sequester carbon in soils. Community composting and education programs can also benefit human health, social cohesion, environmental education, and career development. The full value of compost includes not just climate impacts, but also improvements to people, soils, ecosystems and society.
The document lists the names of various composting organizations located across multiple cities in the United States and Canada. It includes organizations from New York City, Oklahoma City, Athens, Queens, Colorado Springs, Charlotte, Stevens Point, Cleveland, New Orleans, Juneau, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Harrisonburg, Toronto, Falmouth, Bladensburg, New Haven, Dallas and Baltimore among others.
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Tour Day — St. John's University
Presenters: Tom Goldsmith, St. John’s University and Gregg Twehues, Compostwerks
The document discusses pathogen reduction during the composting process. It outlines regulations in the US and Canada that require compost particles to reach 131°F for at least 3 days. It also lists the various mechanisms by which pathogens can be reduced during composting, including thermal destruction, production of toxic byproducts, competition from other microorganisms, and nutrient depletion. The document emphasizes that consistent temperature monitoring and following best practices are key to ensuring pathogen inactivation.
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 5: BMPs and Rodent Control
Caroline Bragdon
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management PracticesVirginia Streeter
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 5: BMPs and Rodent Control
Linda Bilsens Brolis
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Washington, D.C.
Starting a Composting Business: Challenges, Opportunities, & Working with Loc...Virginia Streeter
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 4: The Business of Community Composting
Eileen Banyra
Community Compost Company
New York & New Jersey
CCC Forum - Part 1: Community Composting - Distributed, Diverse, and Growing ...Virginia Streeter
The document discusses community composting and its benefits for soil and people. It focuses on building vitality in soil through composting ingredients from farmers that are then processed by composters to create output that grows better soil. The process involves farmers transporting ingredients that are then composted to build soil and community vitality.
CCC Workshop - Part 3: Hauling, Bike, & Other Logistics [Justin Senkbell, Com...Virginia Streeter
Brooks Composting processed over 1.4 million pounds of organic material in 2022. The company's contact information and social media handles are provided for Justin Senkbeil, who can be reached at justin@compostnow.org regarding composting services.
This document lists the names and organizations of over 30 people involved in community composting initiatives in 2017. It includes individuals from organizations such as Apple Rabbit Compost, Common Ground Compost, Compost With Me, Seattle Tilth, NYC Compost Project, Solana Center, and more. The document provides a high-level overview of many leaders and groups active in community composting across multiple cities in 2017.
The document discusses establishing best management practices (BMPs) for urban community compost sites in New York City. It provides an overview of the NYC Compost Project, which works to provide education and support for composting in NYC through programs like a master composter course, technical assistance for sites, and ensuring sites follow BMPs in areas like site design and management, composting process, and community engagement. It notes that since June 2016, 71% of visited sites have followed all standard BMPs.
This document provides an overview of home composting basics from a webinar presented by Brenda Platt. It discusses what compost is, the benefits of composting, different types of composting systems and bins, how to properly set up and maintain a compost pile with the right carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and moisture level. The document also covers troubleshooting compost that isn't heating up properly, signs that compost is finished, and different ways to use finished compost in gardens.
Compost Sequesters Carbon & Delivers Other Ecosystem BenefitsVirginia Streeter
The document discusses the benefits of composting food scraps over landfilling them. Composting food scraps produces significantly less methane compared to landfilling. However, the benefits of composting extend far beyond just methane reduction. Compost improves soil health by increasing organic matter, which in turn improves ecosystem services like carbon storage, water regulation, and food production. Using compost can regenerate degraded soils, boost agricultural yields, and sequester carbon in soils. Community composting and education programs can also benefit human health, social cohesion, environmental education, and career development. The full value of compost includes not just climate impacts, but also improvements to people, soils, ecosystems and society.
The document lists the names of various composting organizations located across multiple cities in the United States and Canada. It includes organizations from New York City, Oklahoma City, Athens, Queens, Colorado Springs, Charlotte, Stevens Point, Cleveland, New Orleans, Juneau, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Harrisonburg, Toronto, Falmouth, Bladensburg, New Haven, Dallas and Baltimore among others.
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Tour Day — St. John's University
Presenters: Tom Goldsmith, St. John’s University and Gregg Twehues, Compostwerks
The document discusses pathogen reduction during the composting process. It outlines regulations in the US and Canada that require compost particles to reach 131°F for at least 3 days. It also lists the various mechanisms by which pathogens can be reduced during composting, including thermal destruction, production of toxic byproducts, competition from other microorganisms, and nutrient depletion. The document emphasizes that consistent temperature monitoring and following best practices are key to ensuring pathogen inactivation.
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 5: BMPs and Rodent Control
Caroline Bragdon
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management PracticesVirginia Streeter
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 5: BMPs and Rodent Control
Linda Bilsens Brolis
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Washington, D.C.
Starting a Composting Business: Challenges, Opportunities, & Working with Loc...Virginia Streeter
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 4: The Business of Community Composting
Eileen Banyra
Community Compost Company
New York & New Jersey
Constructing Soil: The Key Element for Sequestering Lead and CarbonVirginia Streeter
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 2: It's All About the Soil
Sara Perl Egendorf
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, PhD Candidate
1. The document discusses approaches to soil and compost testing, providing lessons learned and case studies from the NYC Compost Project.
2. A case study of nutrient management at Queens Farm is presented, showing how soil testing led them to reduce their annual compost application rate from 4 wheelbarrows per bed to 1-5 gallon bucket per bed.
3. Another case study discusses unexpected high fecal coliform results from compost made at a "Salt Lot", which could indicate contamination from warm-blooded animals. The document explores ways to identify the potential source.
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 1: New York City Rocks Community Composting!
Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli
Common Ground Compost
New York City
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 1: New York City Rocks Community Composting!
Vanessa Ventola
NYC Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 1: New York City Rocks Community Composting!
Bella Rabinovich
NYC Compost Project Hosted by Big Reuse
Classification of Clove sizes as planting material to the bulb yield of Garli...Open Access Research Paper
Garlic is one of the highly valued crops in the Philippines. However, low production yield is the main constraint, specifically in the native varieties that could not satisfy the demand. Among the limiting factors are the use of unsuitable clove size as planting materials. The results revealed that clove sizes significantly influenced the growth of garlic. Large clove size and extra-large clove size obtained average plant vigor with ratings of 5.83 and 6.33, respectively. Significant differences were also found in both fresh and dry bulb weights, with the largest clove size yielding the heaviest weights at 19.36g and 16.67g, respectively. Moreover, large and extra-large clove sizes produced the highest number of cloves per bulb with an average of 19.87 and 19.33 respectively. However, no significant differences were observed in yield per plant and yield per hectare. Consequently, large clove sizes employed as planting material increased the vigor, bulb weights, and the number of cloves with no significant effect on the yield. The study showed that planting large clove sizes (2.0-2.50g) is more promising as planting materials of native varieties like Ilocos white.
Exploring low emissions development opportunities in food systemsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Christopher Martius (CIFOR-ICRAF) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024