Rhode Island Compost Conference & Trade Show

Hosted by Rhode Island College and the RI Food Policy Council

The annual Rhode Island Compost Conference & Trade Show brings together 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 conference will share best practices in the composting of food waste. 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. Attendees may be composters, haulers, municipality personnel, school students, faculty, administrators, restaurant owners, or really anyone who's eager to learn alternative methods of food waste disposal. 

This year’s event will feature nationally recognized keynote speakers, four tracks of morning and afternoon panels representing solutions for municipal and community food waste, surplus and wasted food in schools and helping businesses, over 15 local and regional exhibitors, and an Ice Cream Social to close the day!