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'''Rodney Taylor''' is director of nutrition services for the Riverside Unified School District in Riverside, California.<ref>[http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/services/ServiceStaff.aspx?cl=646&sub=a Riverside Unified School District Nutrition Services, 2008] Business Services >> Nutrition Services Staff. Accessed April 8, 2011.</ref>
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'''Rod Tyler''' is the CEO of [[Filtrexx International]].  
  
Taylor pioneered the initiation of a farm-to-school food services program in the Riverside Unified School District and helped establish composting programs in California school districts.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wYEy23D0Iw0C&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=%22rodney+taylor%22+compost+gardener&source=bl&ots=hk4Xq8BrJL&sig=QW0VEFsWR4d98LsAQYStr64fzkQ&hl=en&ei=HIafTcebKvCH0QGN5KyEBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=taylor&f=false Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change, Robert Gottlieb, 2002] The Politics of Food, Page 267. Accessed April 8, 2011.</ref>
 
  
  
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==Contact Info==
  
==Contact Info==
 
  
rktaylor [at] rusd.k12.ca.us
 
  
 
==USDA Funding for Compost Marketing Video==
 
==USDA Funding for Compost Marketing Video==

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{{#badges: ToxicSludge}} Rod Tyler is the CEO of Filtrexx International.


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USDA Funding for Compost Marketing Video

In spring 2011, Taylor appeared in a marketing video for the sewage sludge industry with sludge composting promoter and environmental consultant Ron Alexander, encouraging consumers to use municipal sewage sludge as compost for their yards and gardens. Sewage sludge is often marketed deceptively as "organic biosolids compost" to consumers. The video was funded by a USDA grant and presented by the University of Hawaii and the Rodale Institute. The USDA's chief soil scientist is Rufus Chaney, a prominent sludge promoter. The video can be seen here:

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