Stakeholder Engagement with Local Farms and Agriculture Partners
November 20th, 2025 | 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
This webinar will explore the critical role of local farms in sustainable food systems and how policy decisions impact community connections. Using some case studies, we’ll examine how funding cuts disrupted local food purchasing in schools and what that means for food access and waste. Learn how engaging agricultural partners and aligning with food policy can strengthen the local food cycle.
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Meet our Speakers:
Kelli Timbrook, Site Manager, Casella Resource Solution
Kelli is currently the Site Manager at Casella Resource Solutions, and has been at Casella for 11 years. She manages the Long Trail Compost Facility in Bennington, Vermont – a food waste facility which process over 6,000 tons of organic materials annually. Kelli also serves on the Board of Directors of the NYS Association of Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (NYSAR3) and Co-Chairs the Conference Committee Annual Conference. When not teaching her three kids about composting, Kelli enjoys finding new coffee shops and cheering on Liverpool FC.
Kristie Blumer, Compost Division Lead, Compost Crew
Kristie leads the composting division at Compost Crew. The company operates several distributed composting systems – its Compost Outposts – in partnership with area farms and municipalities to process high quality compost and build food system resiliency. Kristie has a background in environmental consulting, a degree in environmental science, and is an avid field hockey fan.
