{"id":38068,"date":"2021-03-11T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=38068"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:08:44","slug":"webinar-backyard-composting-how-you-can-succeed-at-composting-over-100-things-wsu-waste-wise-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/webinar-backyard-composting-how-you-can-succeed-at-composting-over-100-things-wsu-waste-wise-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Backyard Composting – How You Can Succeed at Composting Over 100 Things, WSU Waste Wise (Virtual)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our March Sustainability Series is a two-part series on composting organic waste. Our speaker, Rhonda Sherman, will cover general backyard composting on March 10th and composting with worms (vermiculture) on March 24th. Join one or both. Events are free and open to all.<\/div>\n
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March 10th Session:
\nBackyard Composting: How you Can Succeed at Composting Over 100 Things<\/div>\n
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Would you like to avoid contributing to greenhouse gases and store carbon in local soils? Looking for a way to recycle your food scraps while producing your own \u201cblack gold\u201d for the yard or garden? Perhaps you want to start composting but don’t know where to begin or you already have a compost bin that is not doing what you expected? By composting at home, you can help protect the planet, and improve your soil and resulting gardens. Join us to learn how to successfully compost 100 types of organic materials, including food scraps and yard debris.<\/div>\n
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March 24th Session Description
\nFeeding Your Soil: Vermicomposting<\/div>\n
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See information link below for more information on the vermicomposting session.<\/div>\n
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Speaker Bio:
\nRhonda Sherman has been providing education and technical assistance on composting at NC State University for 28 years. The founder and Director of The Compost Lab and a global authority on vermicomposting, she organizes an annual conference on large-scale vermicomposting that draws participants from all over the world. Rhonda gives about 50 presentations annually and has authored over 65 publications on vermicomposting and composting. Her latest book is The Worm Farmer\u2019s Handbook by Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn more about Rhonda here:\u00a0https:\/\/composting.ces.ncsu.edu\/about-composting\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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For more information:\u00a0https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/…\/sustainability-speakers…\/<\/a>
\nRegistration Link:\u00a0https:\/\/wsu.zoom.us\/…\/regi…\/WN_15P6PjSgTqG1lAdLxC4CvA…<\/a>
\nUpon registration, you will receive additional information and a zoom link. Questions? Contact naturalresources.admin@wsu.edu<\/div>\n
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Presented to you by Waste Wise and Sustainable Community Stewards of Island and Snohomish Counties \u2013 Washington State University<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8699,"featured_media":34062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,40,19,21,7,12,13,8,9],"class_list":["post-38068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-alumni","tag-event","tag-local","tag-outside-pnw","tag-pnw","tag-portland-area","tag-recent-grads","tag-seattle-area","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38069,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38068\/revisions\/38069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}