Student Projects
Here are projects turned in by Master Composter trainees as part of their training requirements. You'll find much useful information here.
Most of these are PDF files. You will probably find it easier to view/download these files on a computer rather than a mobile phone.
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2023: Richard Adeyemi - Highland High School Community Compost Bin
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2023: Danielle Reddick - Composting with the Worm Factory
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2023: Gregory Segura - The Project That Never Ends
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2023: Bernadette Torres - Shabeta's Compost
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2023: Yini Wang - Home Composting Quick Start
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2019: Olivia Gutierrez - Composting in New Mexico (a lesson for children)
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2019: Michael Reed - Basic Backyard Sheet Mulching
2019: Doug Tracy - Aerobic (Aerated) Compost Tea
2018: Gabriel Dawson - Exploring Vermicomposting Bedding
2018: Morgan Loven - The Benefits of Composting - Poster
2018: Morgan Loven - Love Your Plants - Poster
2018: Morgan Loven - What Comes From the Soil Must Be Returned to the Soil - Poster
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2018: Karie Luidens - Home Composting Basics Slide Show
2018: James MacQuigg - Bokashi from Text to Operational
2018: Dair Obenshain - School Composting Plan for Cien Aguas International School
2018: Maggie Shepard - Keeping Microbes as Pets: Composting as Animal Husbandry
2018: Melissa Theesfeld - Desert Home Composting Basics
2018: Rhea Trotman - Composting Paper Products
2017: Roney Bisio - How to Build a Straw Bale Compost Bin
2017: Diana Chantalle - Outline for a Master Composter Class
2017: Robert Danke - Considerations for Creating a Garden in Abiquiu, New Mexico
2017: Mary Green - Vermicomposting with Some Suggestions for Dry Climates
2017: Nicole Huber - Backyard Compost Troubleshooting
2017: Jenn Myers - Convective Air Flow (Drawing)
2017: Jenn Myers - Convective Air Flow (Text)
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2017: Vicki Peck - A Case for Replacing Inorganic Agricultural Inputs with Mycorrhizal Fungi (Text)
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2017: Ronda Zaragoza - Book Reports on Two Children's Books and Evaluation by the Grandchildren
2015: Molly Booker - Lecture Notes, Work in Beauty Workshop, Gallup, NM
2015: Karanbir Deol - Introduction to Composting
2015: Steven Fuson - Vermiculture/Worm Selection
2015: Kathy Harris - Fundamentals of Soil, Report from the Quivira Conference
2015: Ted Jurney - Partnering With Organizations On Large Scale Composting Projects
2015: Jennifer Lukas - Improving Compost Operations at a Greenhouse
2014: Mel Chavez - Setting Up and Maintaining a Worm Bin
2014: Geoffrey Rockefeller - Book Review on The Humanure Handbook
2014: Brad Weikel - Composting With Manure
2013: Rye Bailey - From Me to We: Beyond the Backyard Fence
2013: Carl Soderberg - Composting: A Pattern of Recovery
2012: Steve Hale - Composting 101: How to heat up an old or start a new compost pile
2012: Julie Kois - Vermicomposting
2011: Dan Kaufman - Book Review on Holy Sh*t: Managing Manure to Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon
2011: Jo LaMore - List of Books Related to Composting at Your Local ABQ Library
2011: Luke Logan - List of Composting Resources
2011: Joanne McEntire - Hot Compost Demonstration with Photos
2011: Joanne McEntire - Top Eleven Picks from YouTube
2011: Rod Reay - Book Review on Let It Rot!
2011: Omar Sadek - Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio Simplified
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2011: Omar Sadek - Compost Mix Calculator, an Excel Spreadsheet
2010: Judith Espinoza - Composting for the Beginner
2010: Mark Mellot - Worm Composting PowerPoint Presentation
2010: Carissa Nichols - Composting 101
Poster designed by Morgan Loven
If you are a current or past master composter and don't see your project here and would like to add it, please contact webmaster@nmcomposters.org. We've tried to include all projects but some have been misplaced. No projects were omitted on purpose.
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Or if you would prefer that your project be removed from the website, please contact webmaster@nmcomposters.org.