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Rick Harris speaks with CNBC reporter Jill Silvestri Monday morning as they film an ongoing series about conservation efforts industries are incorporating into their daily operations. Daniel Solomon/The Eureka Reporter

By VIVIAN DUNLAP

For The Eureka Reporter
May 5, 2008

"This has been a dream of mine for many years," Rick Harris, general manager of Pacific Choice Seafood, said of the company’s plan to do its part in reducing waste through a new partnership with Converted Organics Inc., which will convert fish byproducts, such as shrimp and crab shells, into organic fertilizer.

"This will be a great thing for the environment. We’re excited as heck about it," Harris said.

Maury Treleven, Outreach and public relations for Converted Organics of California, LLC stands on a catwalk between digesters used to make organic fertilizer. Behind her are storage tanks.

She does PR for organic fertilizer firm

By ROBERT WALCH
For The Salinas Californian
April 21, 2008

GONZALES - An avid home gardener and composter, Maury Treleven has been a longtime devotee of both the organic and recycling movements.

Because of this, her return to the workplace about two years ago was an easy transition.

When the stay-at-home mom agreed to step in to handle the outreach and public relations chores for what was then United Organic Products of Gonzales, Treleven said she had no problem embracing the firm's product line because it fit nicely with her "green" philosophy.

GARDNER— A company that makes organic fertilizer hopes to take over part of the former S. Bent & Bros. furniture factory land: vacant, city-owned property that city officials have been looking forward to putting back on the tax rolls.

Developers yesterday morning laid out conceptual plans for the property; 27 acres off Mill Street that the city acquired in the summer of 2006 after its original owners fell $250,000 behind in taxes.