{"id":17884,"date":"2022-04-14T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/recap-of-compost-related-bills-in-marylands-2022-legislative-session\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:31:52","slug":"maryland-compost-policy-2022","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/maryland-compost-policy-2022","title":{"rendered":"Resumen de los proyectos de ley relacionados con el compost en la sesi\u00f3n legislativa de Maryland de 2022"},"template":"","class_list":["post-17884","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-sophia-jones"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":1615,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":false,"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"<p>With momentum from the wins for composting achieved during Maryland\u2019s 2021 legislative session, ILSR\u2019s Composting Initiative team supported three composting-related bills during Maryland\u2019s 2022 legislative session. Our team continues to push to advance necessary and visionary policy on composting, waste diversion, and healthy soils in Maryland.&hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/maryland-compost-policy-2022\/\" aria-label=\"Recap of Compost-Related Bills in Maryland\u2019s 2022 Legislative Session\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n","authors_tax":[629]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With momentum from the wins for composting achieved during Maryland\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/new-maryland-composting-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021 legislative session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ILSR\u2019s Composting Initiative team supported three composting-related bills during Maryland\u2019s 2022 legislative session, which concluded on April 11th. They are: SB0124 on school compost grants, HB1070 on a surcharge to fund waste diversion grants, and SB0229 on an on-farm composting permit exemption. With a mixed bag of successes and setbacks this year, our team continues to push to advance necessary and visionary policy on composting, waste diversion, and healthy soils in Maryland.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Compost Grants Bill \u2013 Passed<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/SB0124?ys=2022RS&amp;search=True\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB0124<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/HB0150?ys=2022RS&amp;search=True\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HB0150<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/2022RS\/bills\/sb\/sb0124e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Schools \u2013 Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d creates a five-year grant program for county boards and public schools to develop and implement food-waste-reduction and composting programs. Eligible projects for grant funds must include a number of factors, such as:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education on the environmental and societal impacts of food waste,<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infrastructure to measure and reduce food waste,<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training on food waste reduction and composting, and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementation of an approved food waste reduction strategy (such as establishing on-site compost bins, replacing single-serve milk cartons with bulk dispensers, distributing excess food to local rescue organizations, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority for grant awards goes to programs that are led by students, to schools with large numbers of students who receive free or reduced-price meals, and to schools that contract with small and diverse businesses that pay their employees a living wage.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenda Platt, ILSR\u2019s Composting Initiative Director advised both the Senate and House sponsors on the language for which programs are eligible for grant funding as well as to maintain a reasonably wide net of eligible recipients. She also provided input to the bill\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FINAL.11.23.School-Composting-Fact-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">factsheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platt testified on this bill at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Committees\/Media\/false?cmte=w%26m&amp;clip=WAM_1_27_2022_meeting_1&amp;ys=2022rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Ways and Means Committee hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on January 27, 2022 (testimony starts at 3:54:19) and at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Committees\/Media\/false?cmte=ehe&amp;clip=EHE_1_19_2022_meeting_1&amp;ys=2022rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on January 19, 2022 (testimony starts at 46:07).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Platt, targeting food waste in schools is a powerful opportunity to both address present-day food waste at all scales and to empower young people with sustainable solutions for future food waste:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>One beauty of composting is that it ranges from small sized (a worm bin in a classroom) and medium sized (such as at farms) to large industrial sites, and everything in between\u2026 We need to teach and empower Maryland\u2019s next generation \u2013 youth and young adults \u2013 to reduce wasted food and feed the soil. Schools are vital to teaching and demonstrating how the food we eat and toss is connected to healthy soils and protecting the climate.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2013 Brenda Platt, ILSR Composting Initiative Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read ILSR\u2019s full testimony <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2022\/ehe\/1q08ndFvaUkwJq001ccUyKDmoBxgy8Uzg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally, this bill included a $500,000 annual State appropriation to fund the grant program, which was then stripped to $250,000 and fully stripped out in the final version that passed. Funding for the grant program will only come from Federal funding that the Maryland Departments of Education and of the Environment may apply for and receive.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">significant federal funding is expected soon for recycling (including composting). The bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021 includes 5 years of annual grant funding from both the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling ($55 million per year) and the Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach ($15 million per year) programs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Maryland\u2019s School Composting Grant program should be able to tap into these pools of money.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB0124 is sponsored by Senator Hettleman on the Senate side, and Delegates Charkoudian and Solomon in the House. It passed both chambers during this legislative session and has been sent to the Governor to be signed into law. The Act will take effect on July 1, 2022 for five years. This bill did not originally include a sunset date. The five-year effective period was added by amendment to the final version, and will result in a repeal of the grant program on June 30, 2027.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surcharges to Fund Waste Diversion Bill \u2013 Did Not Pass<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/hb1070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HB1070<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/2022RS\/bills\/hb\/hb1070f.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On\u2013Farm Composting and Compost Use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d would create a $30+ million per year statewide grant program to support waste prevention, reuse, repair, recycling, and composting. This grant program would be funded by a $5-per-ton surcharge at landfills, trash incinerators, and waste transfer stations. The bill includes language requiring a grant process that facilitates participation of eligible entities with limited resources, and prioritizes projects that serve low-income socially disadvantaged communities and\/or projects that engage small or diverse family farm operations.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill is based on the best features and lessons learned from other states with similar programs, extracted from our research <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/disposal-surcharges-fund-composting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">summarized in this article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ILSR Composting team worked closely with the bill sponsor, Delegate Regina T. Boyce (District 43, City of Baltimore), to draft and introduce this bill. We also produced outreach materials, including a short video and factsheet, which can be found on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/maryland-hb1070\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial hearing in the House Environment and Transportation Committee took place on March 2, 2022. It was an overall positive hearing, with 12 oral testimonies in support of the bill, with additional written testimony submissions. Testifiers in favor included composters, farmers, Maryland Sierra Club, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Fair Farms, NRDC, the Maryland Farm Bureau, and both Brenda Platt and Sophia Jones from ILSR. The Maryland Association of Counties testified in favor of the bill with amendments. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U0ZbrNu3tKs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to watch the video of the hearing. HB1070 is introduced at timestamp 3:36:59.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bill did not move out of Committee in the 2022 legislative session, but is expected to be taken up in the 2023 session.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Maryland has numerous policies supporting healthy soils, food waste recovery, recycling, and composting (e.g. HB 1063 on the Maryland Healthy Soils Program and HB 264 on Large Food Waste Generators in 2021) but funding for implementation and support is sorely lacking\u2026 This model is successful in numerous other states (such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Carolina) and has had positive impacts on their local communities, economies, and the environment. Why not in Maryland?<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Sophia Jones, ILSR Composting Initiative Policy Fellow<\/span><\/p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read ILSR\u2019s written testimony <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ILSR-BrendaPlatt-HB1070-Testimony-FAV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HB1070-Sign-On-Testimony-from-ILSR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign-on testimony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was supported by 21 undersigned organizations.<\/span><\/em>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-Farm Composting Permit Exemption Bill \u2013 Did Not Pass<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/SB0229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB0229<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/HB0184?ys=2022RS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HB0184<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/2022RS\/bills\/sb\/sb0229t.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environment \u2013 On-Farm Composting Facilities \u2013 Permit Exemption<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d would expand the area allowed for on-farm composting of food scraps without requiring a compost facility permit from 5,000 sq ft. to 40,000 sq ft., granting farmers greater autonomy to manage organic nutrient cycling on their farms and contribute to community food waste reduction efforts. This bill is sponsored by Senators Gallion, Carozza, and Hester, and by Delegate Shetty on the House side.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For context, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mde.maryland.gov\/programs\/LAND\/RecyclingandOperationsprogram\/Documents\/Composting%20Regulatory%20Comparison%20Exemptions%20and%20Definition.xlsx%2011-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">current permit exemptions for on-farm composting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be found in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdrules.elaws.us\/comar\/26.04.11.06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMAR 26.04.11<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Current permit exemptions include operations up to 40,000 sq ft. if they only compost organic materials generated on-site (including non-routine animal mortalities), animal manure and bedding, and \u201cType 1 Feedstocks,\u201d which essentially means yard waste. On-farm composting operations up to 5,000 sq ft. that process \u201cType 2 Feedstocks\u201d are also exempt from permit requirements. This bill intends to increase the size limitation for certain \u201cType 2 Feedstocks\u201d from 5,000 sq ft. up to 40,000 sq ft. Those are bolded in the definition below:<\/span>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdrules.elaws.us\/comar\/26.04.11.02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(COMAR 26.04.11.02)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cType 2 feedstock means:<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>(a) Source-separated organics from residential curbside or drop-off programs and non-residential sources, including but not limited to pre-consumer and post-consumer food scraps and non-recyclable paper;<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>(b) Department-approved animal manure and bedding, with Department approval based on factors such as moisture content and pathogen risk;<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(c) Department-approved industrially produced food processing materials, including industrial poultry and seafood residuals;<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(d) Animal mortalities;<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(e) Manufactured organic materials such as waxed-corrugated cardboard, non-coated paper, and compostable products; and<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(f) Other materials that the Department determines pose a low level of risk from hazardous substances and a higher level of risk from physical contaminants and human pathogens, compared to Type 1 feedstocks.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda Bilsens Brolis, ILSR\u2019s Composting Initiative Senior Project Manager, worked closely with the bill sponsors and stakeholders on this bill, playing a major role in ensuring that the bill language specified restrictions for on-farm composting to ensure a clean and safe composting environment and product. This language<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows farmers to add specific, clean, non-industrial materials from off-site to improve the composting of materials generated on the farm.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda also presented oral and written testimony (favorable, with amendments) for the hearing in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Committees\/Media\/false?cmte=ent&amp;clip=ENV_2_2_2022_meeting_1&amp;ys=2022rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Environment and Transportation Committee hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on February 2, 2022. HB0184 is introduced at timestamp 2:00:20.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>The act of composting is an essential agricultural waste management activity, it is also a practice that can provide economic benefits to farmers\u2026There is an unprecedented opportunity to spur locally based composting and connect it to soil health, resilient food systems, and climate protection.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Linda Bilsens Brolis (Senior Project Manager, ILSR Composting Initiative)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read ILSR\u2019s written testimony <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ILSR-testimony-HB0184-On-Farm-Composting-Facilities-Permit-Exemption-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bill did not pass in the 2022 legislative session. A major factor in this outcome is thought to be a lack of support from the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremy Criss, Director of the Montgomery County Office of Agricultural Services, expressed his concern that the halting of this bill may undermine future attempts to secure this support for farmers who want to expand their on-farm composting practices:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>It does not surprise me that MDE recommends the Committee not pass SB229 this year for discussions to be had in the interim whatever that means\u2026 [MDE] pushed back on amendments to the SB229 to gain new oversight authority for certain off-site type 2 feed stocks that their current regulations do not have. If SB229 does not pass, I am afraid the MDE will become more entrenched and we will experience stronger opposition anytime in the future when we try to create opportunities to expand composting.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremy Criss, Director of the Montgomery County Office of Agricultural Services<\/span><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmer and long-time composter, Keith Ohlinger, was deeply disappointed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>This is a good bill and it is truly long overdue. It is so hard to hear about the last minute opposition and keep a positive outlook without becoming jaded. I find it ridiculous that MDE and our legislators pretend to care so much about climate change but when we hand them a simple fix on a silver platter they would rather continue to throw this stuff in the landfill and let it produce methane. I\u2019ve been composting manure and dead animal carcasses safely for over 40 years, I think I can handle a few rotten vegetables.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Keith Ohlinger, Porch View Farm LLC<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Waste Diversion and Disposal Infrastructure \u2013 Passed<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Legislation\/Details\/HB0566?ys=2022RS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HB566<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 \u201cSchool Construction \u2013 Design Documents \u2013 Waste Disposal Infrastructure\u201d requires regulations for County boards of education to include waste disposal and diversion infrastructure, including space for trash, recyclables, food scraps, and liquid waste, in designs for new public school buildings.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bill defines \u201cWaste Disposal Infrastructure\u201d as:<\/span>\r\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA physical waste disposal line located where food is distributed that allows a student to efficiently and properly dispose of waste at the end of a meal.\u201d<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bill was also sponsored by Delegate Boyce. Though the ILSR team did not work directly on this bill, it is another small win toward embedding waste diversion into the status quo. HB566 passed both houses and is off to the Governor, scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2022.<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h6><sup>1<\/sup> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melissa Pennington, Sustainable Food Management Program leader, EPA Region 3. Presentation at the Virtual PA Organics Summit. 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