WORC Annual Conference | Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:30 PM | Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30 PM

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Join us for our annual conference at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA. We are excited to welcome Finian Makepeace from Kiss the Ground as our keynote speaker.

Thursday workshop: 

"Exploring compost as a regenerative substance". 

In this workshop, we will be diving into the communication strategies of regenerative versus sustainability when it comes to compost. This workshop is highly interactive and designed to empower compost producers and sellers to more fully understand and become empowered to advocate for the concepts and ideas of soil health and regenerative gardening, landscape design, and farming. As awareness of regenerative farming/gardening/landscaping grows, it is important that business leaders, companies, practitioners in composting get clear on these ideas so they can utilize the practices for projects and accurately present this inspiring information to clients. 

Rebuilding healthy soil through composting has many exciting benefits. From increasing water infiltration and holding capacity, to increasing soil organic matter levels, to increasing soil biology, to sequestering huge amounts of carbon.
For six years, Kiss the Ground has developed talking points, decks, and media that are specifically designed to reach a wide range of audiences. Now, we are excited to get these tools into the hands of people who are in the field and putting these ideas to work. For any business, organization, or agency, we believe that giving employees and management a chance to comprehend this information, and become more confident in talking about, will bring new energy and competitive advantage to your team.  

Friday Keynote

Title: Regenerative: the future we need. 

 This is an interactive presentation that provides communication tools for making the case for regenerating and rebuilding our land's soil as priority number one. With a focus on compost as a means to that end, we will expand on compost producers integral role in advocating and leading this conversation to its rightful place in policy, business, and consumer priorities. 

Stay at the Heathman Lodge Vancouver. Call (360) 254-3100 for reservations.

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