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New York State Compost Site Operators Workshop: Schenectady/Schenectady Community Compost Project, Fehr Ave. Farm

New York State Compost Site Operators Workshop: Schenectady/Schenectady Community Compost Project, Fehr Ave. Farm  

Location:
Schenectady Urban Farms

Date:
Mon March 30, 2026

Time:
10:30 am – 2:30 pm

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Session summary

CET, with support from NYS DEC, is hosting a free compost site operators’ workshop in Schenectady, New York on March 30th, 2026 from 10:30am-2:30pm.  

Join us for an engaging and informative half-day event focused on best practices for implementing community scale composting systems in New York State. The workshop will be led by James McSweeney of Compost Technical Services and The 131° School of Composting. 

The workshop will be divided into two parts: an online webinar and a half-day field session. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd from 10:00am-12:00pm. All in-person registrants will automatically register for the webinar. If you are unable to attend, we will record the session so that attendees can watch before the in-person field portion.  

The hands-on field session will take place at Fehr Avenue Farm, in collaboration with the Schenectady Community Compost Project.  

This workshop is geared toward the following participants from New York State: 

  • Operators of agricultural, municipal, and private composting operations that accept food scraps. 
  • Operators of small-scale/community composting sites that accept food scraps, such as community gardens, local parks, etc. 
  • Other interested parties considering starting a commercial or community scale composting operation to compost food scraps. 
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Priority registration will be given to New York-based composters. Out-of-state registrants will be placed on a waitlist and notified if spots become available. 

This workshop is part of a series of two workshops that CET is hosting in Spring 2026 under our Rethink Food Waste NY program. The other workshop will be hosted in East Hampton, NY. We kindly request that you register for only one of the two workshops. 

For more information, please reach out to CET at RethinkFoodWasteNY@cetonline.org or 866-306-0911. 

the Speaker

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James McSweeney

Compost Technical Services

About the Organization

Schenectady Urban Farms, Inc.

The Schenectady Community Compost Project was launched in May of 2023 to support the expansion of food scraps recycling and increase sustainable materials management education efforts in Schenectady, New York. With food scraps drop-off sites across the county, Fehr Avenue Farm serves as a special site for the Schenectady Community Compost Project. On-site, there is a solar powered Aerated Static Pile (ASP) system that processes a mix of food scraps from a local school, the community drop-off sites, and garden clean out from the farm, into a nutrient-rich compost used by Schenectady Urban Farms and local schools to keep the community fed. 
 

COMPOST TeChNICAL SERVICES

Compost Technical Services is a specialized consulting and education firm focused on helping farms, communities, and organizations build resilient, sustainable compost systems.

They offer expert compost systems design, operational support, and technical assistance to improve food scrap recycling and nutrient management, with programs active in places like Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York.
 

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CET · Center for ecothecnology

CET is an environmental nonprofit committed to assisting a variety of operations in reducing, recovering, and diverting wasted food from disposal. Supported by NYS DEC, CET currently offers free technical assistance to New York businesses, institutions, organics recyclers, and haulers to support their wasted food strategies. 

For questions, please contact us at rethinkfoodwasteny@cetonline.org. 

March 30 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm EDT