The Mid-Atlantic Compost Infrastructure Group meets on October 27 at the Terra Gro/Oregon Dairy Organics Facility at 2800 Oregon Pike in Lititz, Lancaster County starting at 10:00 a.m.

The agenda for the meeting includes a tour of the facility, a presentation by Patti Olenick of Weis Markets on the Food Waste Reduction Alliance and its activities and a roundtable discussion of composting infrastructure issues.

The Oregon composting facility (photo) produces premium compost and top dressing for athletic field construction and maintenance, landscaping, soil amendments, soil blends, rain garden and erosion and sediment control blends from crop residuals, poultry litter, horse and dairy manure, food waste and compostable paper and corrugated products.

For more information contact Mike Giuranna, EPA Region III at 215-814-3298 or send email to: giuranna.mike@epa.gov.

10/26/2015