Rhode Island Compost Conference & Tradeshow draws nationally recognized keynote, regionally celebrated experts, and boasts record registration
PROVDIENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Compost Conference & Tradeshow is designed to connect and inspire food waste generators, composters, food recovery organizations, regulators, legislators, and the general public to network, to trade ideas and learn more about compost and the food waste ecosystem.
The Rhode Island Food Policy Council joins long-time host Rhode Island College as a cohost for the first time this year, thanks to support from 11th Hour Racing, the event’s headline sponsor. www.ricompostconference.com
The event has sold out at 200 registrants, illustrating a growing interest across the northeast for advancing wasted food solutions.
WHO: Cohosted by Rhode Island College (RIC) and the Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC)
WHAT: A full-day event featuring four tracks of morning and afternoon panels representing solutions for municipal and community food waste, surplus and wasted food in schools and helping businesses, 16 local and regional exhibitors, and an ice cream social to close the day!
Keynote address by Domingo Morales at 9:30 AM.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Event open 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
WHERE: Rhode Island College, Donovan Dining Center, 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI.
WHY: Rhode Island’s landfill is nearing capacity, and wasted food is the state’s most prominent and avoidable waste stream. Registrants represent composters, haulers, municipality personnel, students, faculty, administrators, restaurant owners, and others eager to learn alternative methods of food waste disposal. Attendees will come away with knowledge of many different composting methods, as well as a good sense of what tactics typically do and don’t work.
ABOUT RIFPC
The Rhode Island Food Policy Council, established in 2011, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization building a more equitable, accessible, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system. We coordinate statewide collaboration of diverse, committed, and engaged stakeholders from all sectors of the food system. We create partnerships, develop policies, and advocate for improvements to the local food system to increase and expand its capacity, viability, and sustainability. Learn more and get involved at www.rifoodcouncil.org.
ABOUT RIC
Rhode Island College is the state’s first public institution of higher education, preparing students for the jobs of tomorrow since 1854. RIC is a regional comprehensive public college serving approximately 5,800 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students across five schools. RIC offers in-demand programs, providing pathways to career success, taught by professors who truly know you.