Excerpts: The overall goal of the presentations today is to clarify what inhibitors currently limit progress in the biobased cafeteriaware industry in the United States, as well as in the food composting industry. The synergistic relationship between the biobased product industry and the composting of food wastes from our many facilities that serve food, will also become more apparent. Specific purposes: 1. To develop recommendations for appropriate composting technology and support operations options for large institutional-, metropolitan-, and regional scale food composting. 2. To advance the use of biobased cafeteriaware by federal facilities. 3. To promote the support of biobased cafeteriaware for the Federal Biobased Procurement Program. 4. To advance the adoption of compost quality and testing standards for Federal procurement programs (i.e., define compost and quality assurance standards).