To go about this repair technique what i mean by that is after you take all of the paint and primer off the dome, the cast iron of this generation flash rusts in eight hours. The timeliness of the application is important. We have to have those processes down very well so that we dont have to double do work. What about the scaffolding gives you mild concerns . The fact that it is a massive scaffolding project, i think getting that scaffolding here, lifting it up to the roof of the dome, and then getting it installed and taken back down is just a massive logistical effort. That is probably one of the biggest risks on the job. When they did the reflecting pool in the mall, they used fairly exotic technology to keep the algae out and later we saw algae forming. Is there any exotic techniques that you will try here that are not tested . Know, there are no exotic techniques were using. We tested many, many repair techniques over the course of nearly 10 years to help advise us and test a wide variety of repair techniques. Some of those were fairly exotic. Some of those were fairly benign. We ultimately found this lock and stitches the most reliable way to fix the cracks in the dome in situ. Getting back to the scaffolding, out of curiosity, you said the scaffolding is a monumental project. At any point, did you consult with them in terms of the best way . This is in terms of preservation and preserving the visitor experience. We arent certainly great we are certainly great partners with the park service and share our plans with them. We did not consult pacific lake on the construction we did not consult specifically on the construction of the capitol dome of the park service but we certainly looked at several other partners, companies and local municipalities, that have done similar work. Similarly, after we finished the dome skirt, there have been other Dome Restoration projects that have consulted us on the repair techniques of our dome. It is certainly a collaborative process. Can we get one more . You mentioned 1200 cracks in there now and it could allow water damage. Has there been any water damage inside the capital . Does the twoyear timeline include the scaffolding until spring 2016 . It does include the planning that is underway. We expect two years from beginning to end from contract award to contract completion. It does include that. The water damage . There certainly is water damage in the capital today. Many of those water leaks you see from cracks, we managed those by capturing that water through a series of water pans inside the exterior dome and shoot that water back out or take it to the ground. We have been working to manage it over the years. Some of it does continue to come in. You can see that both in the interstitial spaces between the inner dome and the outer dome and the rotunda itself. If you look closely, you can see her water damage and water staining. Thank you, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] all this week in primetime on cspan, encore presentations of q a. Tonight, former Ohio Republican bob ney and his memoir sideswiped, in which he talks about his 11 years in congress and his year in prison. Then in the cspan year in review, a look at gun laws, highlights on Senate Debate on background checks and testimony from gabby giffords. That is at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. And in first ladies, we looked at mimi eisenhower, first lady from 19531961. We now have secular norms instead of theological norms our acceptance or rejection of the ways in which a or got us can speak to people. David caresses he has insights David Qureshi says he has insights into the bible that will help you understand the and of revelation better enhance our reading of the end times. That in and of itself does not seem to be a problem, but when it leads to other elements, then that triggers Law Enforcement concerns as well as press concerns. Somebody listening to god and having his followers do things that are aberrant to the norms, that needs to be policed. He argues that religious persecution in america has been prevalent since the 1800s, even committed by the very government that is supposed to protect us from religious persecution. Sunday night at 9 00 on cspan2. Next, a look at strategies and initiatives for reducing food waste, including converting the waste into energy. It was hosted by a San Franciscobased organization and included representatives of various food waste organizations from across the country. The discussion is just over one hour. Ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you here tonight. The council general, well, that is me, the organization we have here on the 31st floor of this magnificent building, and we are sorry it is dark outside. I invite you to come back here during the daytime. It is a magnificent view over the bay, but that is not the topic of this night. We will speak about food waste, and sorry to be in front of the panel, but i am afraid the microphone would collapse. Let me start with a quote from a dutch ceo from you in a letter unilever, which is one of the big food Retail Companies in the world, a big dutchanglo company. He had been invited by ban ki moon, the secretarygeneral of the united nations, and to be part of the goals for the whole world, and in a speech he delivered on december 10 this year, so a couple of days ago, he said there is no excuse for 750 billion u. S. In food waste per year when we only need 80 million u. S. Dollars to feed the hungry, and this comes from a businessman, one of the biggest businessmen there is, so he is really sincere. I am very convinced he is. Nevertheless, roughly one third of our food is waste, and i think others will have better figures of that, but lets say kilograms or pounds or whatever measurements, but one third, and it gets lost or it gets wasted. This waste causes emissions to the environment, pesticides, fertilizers, and this is 23 times more of the Greenhouse Gas than co2, then the food. Than the food. Water, you know agriculture uses loads of water. A fresh water, we have a lack of that in the world, as well. Fertile soils get lost, and developing developing countries, and, of course, we are speaking of the early stages of food, which is not the topic of today. Food gets lost in the supply change chains in the early stage, the cooling, the transport. We could have other meetings to improve that part. I think there is an obligation of us all to help developing countries to improve that part of the work, but on our side in developed countries, we are speaking about later stages, supplychain, such as the behavior of the retailer, of the supplier, and of the consumer, so that is us. So, for instance, the United States, the united kingdom, they still landfill with organic wastes. I think it is the second material they landfill. While in the netherlands, it is zero landfill, because it is just strictly forbidden to landfill any organic waste, so sometimes you need a lawyer. I am a lawyer. But, sorry. I am not angry. Passionate, i am. Yes. It is time for action. I will say those at the global level, there is a Global Partnership needed for development. The developing countries, like the scaling up of nutrition initiatives, and that is the topic of tonight. We need action at the local level, multistakeholder partnerships, so lets discuss this. Lets discuss circular food supply. Lets see what our amy can be. How close can we get to a zero waste cycle. Thank you very much. [applause] oh, yes, let me give the floor to the local food lab, michelle and christian. Hello, everyone. Thanks so much for coming today. Thank you for the consulate general or graciously hosting us in this space. I want to thank our moderator, who is a partner, as well as food lab for the delicious treats. I am cohosting this event. I want to echo those thank yous, and in addition to hosting events like this one, we have also launched a platform that is dedicated to bridging the gap between the talent and the opportunities in the good food movement, so if there is anyone here who is looking for work in the industry or a startup who is looking to hire intern or fulltime employees, we have some input. We have invite codes for everybody here, so please grab one in the back, and thank you so much for coming. I will turn it over to austi. Austin. Thank you. How is that . Can you hear me . All right, thank you, to all of you, for coming. Thank you to the consulate for having the second event that food lab has been able to host here, and i was lamenting the fact that the sun had already gone down, because the view is spectacular, but not so bad now either. I want to highlight some baseline facts, and they are staggering, and i think it is easy to gloss over them. We waste 40 of our food in the United States. Consumers throw away an estimated 25 of what they bring home or eat at restaurants. 64 billion pounds of surplus food is dumped into landfills each year, and that is 2. 6 million garbage truck loads, just two sides that in your mind. 165 billion, costing millions to service and dispose of. An American Family of four throws away 1600 worth of food each year, and i think you alluded to it nicely, but think about the underlying resource waste that represents. Agriculture takes up a huge percentage of our freshwater in california. We are throwing away a lot of energy, as well, so this is a big panel, one of the biggest out there, and we have a good panel, and i am very excited by the breadth and depth of what is represented here, so i will begin by introducing everyone, but i want to show you this graphic, and i am going to turn this off. I was thinking of how to orient the conversation, and i want to talk about the supply chain in food and where the waste is occurring. In cymer losses represent the vast majority of what we are throwing away, so this is, what youre eating at restaurants or what youre taking home and disposing of. There is also a sizable amount of production loss, and in the middle, there is less loss. It still represents a massive amount of food, but where the bunnies have an economic incentive to steward and shepherd the food, they are doing so. We will talk about everything along the supply chain michelle, how do we turn that off . Great. I will start by having everyone introducing themselves. I will start. I was at the Stanford Business school and spent a lot of time and energy thinking of big issues with food, and now working with michelle and edible startups, we are a blogger introduces entrepreneurship in the food space. We will not flood your in boxes because we do not publish that often, but we are inspiring to do more. I am working on two projects, and one is a food startup, but lets get the focus on the panelists, where it belongs. Introduce yourself and tell us about your organization, and then i will kick it off. Ashley . Melody . She is a Public Relations person 40 waste energy. First of all, thank you for having me and our company represented today. Like you said, i am with the zero waste energy based out of california, and we handle Waste Management with and emphasis on organic waste creates what we are focusing on is our dry Anaerobic Digestion technology which basically speeds up the natural composting process to a 21 and a batch cycle, so after about 48 hours, it begins producing methane gas and all of the eye gases, and after 21 days, all you have left is an agricultural quality compost, and all of that gas that is collected is transformed into either electricity or cng fuel, so it is a completely closed loop cycle that we have, and we just celebrated the grand opening of our project in san jose, which is 1. 6 megawatts of electricity, about 34,000 tons per year of compost, if i remember correctly, and it is processing 90,000 tons per year of organic waste, so that is just one of our projects, and that is what we do. I want to point out that that is the largest facility of its kind in the world. Yes, it is the largest in the world. The energy that it produces is eligible for inclusion in the renewables portfolio. Utilities have to use one third of their energy by renewable sources by 2020, so this is an important component to meeting regulatory goals. And i also believe it is a leads platinum certified facility, and it is just one of them, but i move on. A cofounder of food cowboy. Thank you very much. My brother and i started food cowboy along with barbara, and my brother was a trucker, mostly pulling produce, and barbara wrote a toolkit, and we put this together because for about 20 years whenever he had a load of produce, he has called me, and this was before cell phones and internet, and i had a desk job, and i was trying to find a school or a food bank or somewhere to take the food, so we finally got smart and said maybe this could use the match. Com technology, being used to truck food to food banks and composters and facilities like yours instead of landfills, because the problem is they just need to get rid of it and get rid of it quick. To give you a sense of what the supply chain does, all of the food donated to all of the food banks indicated to feeding america, the largest Food Bank Network in america, equals the amount of money they waste in 19 days, so we can do a lot better than that. The government spends 80 billion per year on food stamps. We spend 160 billion per year on food that we throw away as consumers, so there is little ability to interdict that waste postconsumer because of food safety issues and scale issues, but in the supply chain, it is palletized, and what is missing is information, because without knowing where to take the food likely, because it is perishable, it is expensive to move. You cannot do anything with it. Our next step is to crowd source a food source map of the United States. All of that leaks out of the system, and facilities like yours or animal feed manufacturers and so forth that can use the food, because then the charities and entrepreneurs can get to scale by building efficient systems, so we ask for your help with that. Thanks. From foodstuffs. Valley girl foodstuffs. I am a shaft turned instruments insurance agent, turned chef mentoring at risk teens. I guess that is the best way to introduce myself quickly. I started ballet girl foodstuffs about one year ago after volunteering with a nonprofit in sonoma. It is the teen center in sonoma, and a lot of food was coming and being donated from local Grocery Stores, and a lot of kids who like to be in gangs or at the teen center, so i started a Cooking Program there to teach some of these kids how to not get pregnant and not kill people by clicking, and the Grocery Stores in sonoma were desperate for someplace where they could offload the food that they were throwing away, so we started picking up seven days per week through the teen center, and i quickly realized that basically what was happening is all of the food was going to the teen center and promptly thrown into the dumpster because they could not deal with the sheer mass of food that is tossed away at Grocery Stores, and we are not even talking about all of that. Youre only talking about the eight percent. My notes said 10 . Of the retail that is cost out. However, in california, 52 of produce that is grown, and i know there are people here who grow food, and there are people here who grow meat, and there are people here who cooked, so 52 of food that you see on the produce shelves is thrown away every year, so that is basically what i am dealing with, that 52 , so i was teaching kids at the teen center how to can and bake and ferment and dehydrate and do all of these sort of old School Skills that nobody knows how to do anymore, although there is a renaissance. I have seen it, and then however, when you work with a nonprofit, it is a nonprofit, which means there is no profit, which means nobody gets paid, so these kids were doing a lot of work for no pay, and they were still showing up every single week to go to the Farmers Market with me, as was i. I was not getting paid either, but i had four girls show up with me, and we would stay there until 1 00 in the morning and go to the Farmers Market the next day, and these girls were amazing, so 1. 5 years ago, i decided to start a forprofit business on valley girls foodstuffs. It is not nonprofit, but we pick up food four days per week from whole foods locally, and i distribute that to these nonprofits, and whatever they cannot use, i then take and make food with it with these kids, so there is some in the back. I brought to show people what we do. There are reasons there that we make from the 80 million cases of grapes that we get every summer, and there is also some quince jam. Whence is not a super popular item in terms of people buying it in Grocery Stores, so when it is in season, i get it, and then we also started this year a farm in sonoma, so valley girl foodstuffs is now valley girl foodstuffs and farm. We are not certified organic. It is sort of a big process, but we do grow everything using sustainable and organic processes, so that is my side job. My real job is still being a state farm agent, so a very Great Mission and a very cool operation. We are hoping to hear more from you later. To my right is the cofounder of food Star Partners and also a longtime investor and Founding Partner of mindful investors, so i will have him talk at everything he does. Well, i will not talk about everything, but i will share a few secrets with you of Food Waste Reduction. As austin said, my day job, it seems like a lot of us have a day job, it is with mindful investors, so it is innovative, Breakthrough Technologies which positively impact our lives and are a foundational aspect of what we do. The environment is a key area that we are investing in. Food, water, and agriculture is another key area, and two years ago, two of my buddies from the Food Industry saw me at a conference and said, we are working on a food