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Our webinar on World Soil Day explored how policy can be leveraged to advance soil health practices, high-quality compost production, and compost use throughout the country, as featured in our Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide and beyond.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n","authors_tax":[629,635]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

<\/div>\r\nWith a <\/span>growing number of States<\/span><\/a> considering and adopting healthy soils policies, there is an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the connection to compost as a proven soil health builder, and to encourage and invest in the production and use of high-quality compost.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOn <\/span>World Soil Day<\/span><\/a>, December 5th, 2023, we explored how policy can be leveraged to advance soil health practices, high-quality compost production, and compost use throughout the country, as featured in our <\/span>Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide<\/span><\/a> and beyond. This webinar featured presentations from Ayesha Ali (Kiss The Ground<\/a>), Steven Keleti (Healthy Soils Advocate), and Sophia Jones (ILSR) and provided an overview of the current overlap between healthy soils and compost in policy at the state, local, and federal levels, as well as opportunities for coming legislative sessions. <\/span>\r\n

The webinar took place on December 5th, 2023<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

Watch the Recording<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\r\n

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\"\"Ayesha Ali<\/h4>\r\nAdvocacy Manager, Kiss The Ground<\/a><\/b>\r\n\r\nAyesha Ali is the Advocacy Manager at Kiss the Ground, and co-coordinator of the Regenerate America\u2122 coalition. She has a background in research, political ecology, and communications, having previously worked in the environmental comms shop at Prime Weber Shandwick. She holds an M.A. in Global Environmental History with a focus on agricultural production and global food supply chain policies; she specialized in California\u2019s 20th-century water policy and the contemporary groundwater crisis.<\/span>\r\n\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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\"\"Steven Keleti<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nHealthy Soils Advocate<\/b>\r\n\r\nSteven Keleti has been a persistent advocate for state Healthy Soils legislation across the country, writing initial draft legislation, helping bring together groups, and working with groups to draft and move legislation forward in numerous states over the past seven years. He has been providing state healthy soils status updates to healthy-soils-legislation@googlegroups.com, which led to a collaboration to create and support <\/span>https:\/\/healthysoilspolicy.org\/<\/span><\/a>. He helps state groups with strategy and coordination, and with pursuing funding for the creation of healthy soils action plans and healthy soils programs that include gathering cost-benefit data to support increased funding for soil health. He has been doing this as a volunteer with occasional support, and does not work for or represent any organization or coalition. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, he has a Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri \u2014 Rolla, spending most of his professional career in imaging and remote sensing, while engaging in land conservation projects. He lives in Malden, Massachusetts.<\/span>\r\n\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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\"\"Sophia Jones<\/h4>\r\nPolicy Lead, Composting for Community, Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR)<\/b>\r\n\r\nSophia Jones is the Policy Lead with ILSR\u2019s Composting for Community initiative, where she researches, analyzes and supports the building of US policy that advances local composting. She also works on the Development team, coordinating fundraising and outreach for ILSR. She received her B.A. in Environment and Development Studies from McGill University.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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Linda Bilsens Brolis <\/strong><\/h4>\r\nAssociate Director for Education and Advocacy, Composting for Community, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)<\/b>\r\n\r\nLinda Bilsens Brolis is the Associate Director for Education & Advocacy for the Composting for Community Initiative. Her work focuses on promoting composting as a tool for reducing waste, regenerating soils, supporting local food systems, and fighting climate chaos. She manages ILSR\u2019s <\/span>Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Training Program<\/span><\/a> and leads ILSR\u2019s work advancing on-farm composting.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n \r\n
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