Mary Tress (pronouns she/her) is a Climate Programs Coordinator with the City of Nelson. She oversees the innovative Pre-treated Organics Program, designed to keep residential food waste out of the landfill and help manage wildlife attractants through the use of in-home pre-treatment appliances. Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in agricultural sciences and geography from the University of Guelph, along with a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Security from Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Mary is also an avid gardener, composter, and seed-saver, and she has previously enjoyed collecting and planting seeds for a small landfill revegetation pilot. She gratefully acknowledges that she lives and works within the unceded traditional territories of the Sinixt, the Syilx, and the Ktunaxa peoples.
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