2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Kenneth (Kenny) L. Moss Jr. has been employed with the Baltimore Compost Collective for half a decade. He is a long-time resident of South Baltimore, specifically the Brooklyn/Curtis Bay community. When Kenneth lost his father (who loved to cook), it sparked an interest in food sustainability for him. This led him to grow his own tomato plant at the age of six at Filbert Street Garden. He attended various environmental opportunities in his community, such as the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center, where he participated in nature walks, bird watching, and learned to fish.

Kenneth has kept busy most of his life by being involved in different non-profits like Code-It-Here, where he learned coding, JavaScript, and the importance of teamwork. At the age of twelve, he attended Green Street Academy in Baltimore for middle school, where he learned about environmental sustainability, climate change, and agriculture. Kenneth has been actively involved in his community; he was a scholar at the Greater Baltimore Urban Leadership Program and employed with B`More Beautiful, where he picked up litter in his community. Since the age of fourteen, Kenneth has held various positions with YouthWorks in Baltimore.

He has established a career as a youth composter with the Baltimore Compost Collective (BCC), where he engages in public speaking about its importance. Environmental justice is crucial in his community because pollution has caused $55 million worth of health damages. Kenneth has been with BCC since he was fifteen and has used this experience to propel his other pursuits. Being able to share the impacts of the incinerator and educate other youth and residents of the community on alternatives have had a strong impact on him.

After giving Councilman Zeke Cohen a tour of the Filbert Street Garden, Kenneth landed an internship with the Councilman. He attended New Generation Scholars (NGS), founded by Sharayna Christmas and co-founder Bashi Rose, learning about the African Diaspora through photography, dance, music, and literature. He had the opportunity to travel with this program to St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, where he visited the mountains where the Maroon people hiked and migrated.

He attended the Youth Perspective Baltimore Photography Camp founded by Kyle Pompey, where he learned to take pictures that helped him boost his business, Kenny Captures LLC. Kenneth had his first gallery showing of his photography during a BCC fundraiser event. He graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School with a 3.0 GPA.