10 am

• Doors open

10:10 am Welcome and introductory remarks

• Dano Weisbord, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director, Campus Planning
• Cathy Stanton, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Anthropology Dept and Environmental Studies Program

10:30 am

• Dialogue with invited participants
  • Daniela Pozos Nicolau, FIRST Resource Center
  • Tufts Food Rescue
  • Kaitlyn Reed, Supervisor for Recycling and Waste Reduction
  • Aaron Apostadero, Class of 2024
  • Matt Gray, Neighborhood Produce
• Lena Leavitt and Ailsa McNaught (ENV 190 class members), moderators

11:30 am

• Keynote talk: Guy Shaffer, author of Composting Utopia: Experimental Infrastructures for Organics Recycling in New York City

12:15 am

• Lunch (Tufts Dining)

1 pm

• Tabling and interactive activities
  • Talk with representatives of campus and community groups
  • Learn about composting on and off campus
  • Plant a seedling for your own backyard or windowsill garden
  • Get a sneak preview of the new “Learning from Food Waste: The Elephant in the Refrigerator” podcast and video series
  • Sign up for the freefoodattufts e-list
  • Take the “sniff test” and learn about date labels on foods