Podcast Episodes

Water Management on the Compost Farm with Steven Wisbaum of Champlain Valley Compost Co

Steven Wisbaum, of Champlain Valley Compost Co & CV Compost, has been growing organic food and making compost for over 30 years. Today, we talk about water management on the compost farm. He provides…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The Composting for Community Initiative with Brenda Platt of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Brenda Platt is the director and life-force behind the Composting for Community Initiative of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. ILSR has a vision of thriving, diverse, equitable communities. To…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Building Community through Community Composting with Michael Martinez of LA Compost

Michael Martinez is the founder and executive director of LA Compost. He has chosen compost as a way to show his care for humanity and build a healthy community. His work has been incredibly impactfu…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The Composter, Season Two, Begins Tomorrow

Hey Composters and compost lovers, it’s Jayne Merner of Earth Care Farm! Episode one of season two of The Composter will air Monday, August 21st, and continue with a new episode every Monday for ten …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Compost Conference '23 with Todd & Brandon of Komptech Americas

Hey compost lovers, it's Jayne. I'm in Ontario, California, at the USCC Compost Conference '23. It's the largest gathering of composters in the world! Last night, Komptech Americas organized a meet-a…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Getting to Know the Composters of Compost Conference '23

Hey y'all, Farmer Jayne here. All those beautiful voices you hear were just some of the composters with me at the USCC Compost Conference with me last week in sunny California. I've had a week for th…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

See you at The US Compost Council Conference '23!

It's been a couple of months since the first season of The Composter wrapped up, but don't worry, season two is in the works. In fact, I'm hoping to see many of you at The US Compost Council Conferen…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Mike Merner and Justin Boss of Earth Care Farm

For the season finale of The Composter Podcast, we talk all things Earth Care Farm, which is my family's compost operation.

You'll get to hear from my dad, Mike Merner, also known as 'papi,' the foun…

Published on 3 years ago

Pierce Louis of Dirt Hugger

Dirt Hugger was founded in 2010 by Pierce Louis and Tyler Miller in The Dalles, Oregon, close to Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge. 

Pierce and his business partner, Tyler, started Dirt Hugger a…

Published on 3 years ago

Ron Alexander

Composter and compost users have rightly been concerned with the high levels of phosphorus that can be found in composts, especially those with manure-based feed stocks. Phosphorus leaching is a seri…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago