Virginia Till, a Colorado native, grew up in both urban and rural communities around the nation, and is a recycling specialist and regional lead for EPA Region 8’s Sustainable Management of Food initiatives. Virginia is passionate about keeping good food out of landfills and bridging the urban-rural interface to connect urban folks to food and agriculture. During her 7 years at EPA, Virginia implemented various collaboration projects to reduce waste. She integrates audience-specific messaging into her daily work and currently works to reduce the impacts of wasted food by supporting regional collaboration across sectors, the National EPA Food Recovery Challenge, and household Food: Too Good To Waste efforts. Virginia is fascinated with soils and all growing things. She is a home gardener and explores the natural world by studying fungi as an amateur mycologist.