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Compost Matters
| February 10, 2010 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 2:30 pm |
Compost Matters: Community Food Systems, Food-Based Composting and Sustainable Landscape Management
February 10, 2010 8:00 a.m. -2:30 p.m.
Location: Ben Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society
427 Chestnut St, Philadelphia PA
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society are sponsoring “Compost Matters,” a one-day conference on the status of composting in the Delaware Valley that will feature presentations about Delaware Valley food composting facilities, a keynote from Will Allen, Co-Founder and CEO of Growing Power and closing remarks by Katherine Gajewski, Philadelphia’s Director of Sustainability.
Scheduled tours of local food composting facilities will be held on Saturday morning, February 13 (pre-registration will be required to attend the tours). For more information contact Linda Knapp at lknapp@ilsr.org or 215-438-6912.
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