Food Scrap Management

Food Diversion Summit

This statewide summit held in Sacramento Oct. 22-23, 2002, highlighted a wide variety of speakers and provided attendees an opportunity to discuss the challenges and possible solutions for food diversion efforts. Please contact Terry Brennan at (916) 341-6578 for results of these interactive sessions.

Listed below are presentations from the summit. Keynote speakers included Frances Moore Lappe, author of 'Diet for a Small Planet' and recently 'Hope's Edge: The New Diet for a Small Planet' and John Dunlap, President and CEO of California Restaurant Association.

Food Waste Management Options

• Fields to Families (Adobe PDF, 1105 KB). Presenter: Willy Elliott-McCrea, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, (831) 722-7110.
• "Adding Value to Food Scraps through Animal Feed Manufacturing." Presenter: Bill Tomasic, President, Innovative Waste Management, (909) 627-9131. 
• "Composting Logistics." Presenter: Roger VanderWende, Vice President, Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, (818) 767-6000.

Integrated Approaches to Food Diversion

• "San Francisco Food Diversion Programs."  Presenter: Jack Macy, Commercial Recycling Coordinator, City of San Francisco, (415) 355-3751. 
• Alameda County Food Scraps Recycling (Adobe PDF, 1987 KB). Presenter: Brian Mathews, Program Manager, Alameda County Waste Management Authority, (510) 614-1699.

Regulator Perspectives

• The Solid Waste/Food Nexus: A Regulatory Perspective (Adobe PDF, 329 KB). Presenter: Bill Prinz, Environmental Health Specialist, City of San Diego Development Services Department, (619) 446-5004.
• Agricultural Commodities & Regulatory Services (Adobe PDF, 45 KB). Presenter: Steven Wong, Branch Chief, Agricultural Commodities and Regulatory Services, CDFA, (916) 654-0574.
• Food Waste Regulation: CIWMB Regulatory Perspective (Adobe PDF, 205 KB). Presenter: Scott Walker, California Integrated Waste Management Board, (916) 341-6319.

Partnerships

• South Bay Food Finders Cooperative (Adobe PDF, 891 KB). Presenter: Arlene Mercer, Founder and Executive Director, Food Finders, (562) 598-3003.
• Greening South Asian Restaurants (Adobe PDF, 896 KB). Presenter: Ritu Primlani, Executive Director, Thimmakka Resources for Environmental Education, (510) 655-5566.