Rhonda L. Sherman


Rhonda L. Sherman
Extension Solid Waste Specialist Biological and Agricultural Engineering Appointment: Extension 209 Weaver Labs Box 7625, NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-7625 E-MAIL IS BEST WAY TO REACH ME Voice: (919) 515-6770 rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu Fax: (919) 515-6772 E-mail: rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu Please note: Some links to my information have moved so you need to re-bookmark my page links below. THANKS!
NEW: 'Composting Yard Wastes' Two-Day Course on October 13-14, 2009 in Charlotte, NC. Day 1 has classroom training by four instructors; Day 2 has field exercises at Mecklenburg County's Compost Central and equipment demos of turners, grinders, trommels, screens, and loaders. Click here for Agenda and here for Registration. NC State University's 10th Annual Vermiculture Conference will be held in North Carolina in Spring 2010. To be notified of the date by email, send me your contact info (including city and state or country) to rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu. The 2009 conference was held on June 4 & 5 in Durham, NC. We had 10 speakers and 85 participants from 17 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. Details about the 2009 conference are at http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/workshops/worms09/index.htm ALERT: Read Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost, & Grass Clippings: Caution to Hay Producers, Livestock Owners, Farmers & Home Gardeners (Davis, J. & Johnson, S. E., North Carolina Cooperative Extension, 7/09). Certain herbicides can remain active in hay, straw, grass clippings, manure, and compost (very important information!). Workshops on VERMICOMPOSTING and COMPOSTING and RECYCLING are offered periodically throughout the year. If you would like to be notified of upcoming workshops, e-mail rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu and ask to be added to the list. Please indicate the topics of interest to you, such as earthworm farming, vermicomposting at home or in schools, large-scale composting, backyard composting, recycling, waste reduction, etc. and include your city and state or country. NCSU hosted the Commercial Composting and Compost Use 40-hour training course on September 8-12, 2008. The widely-hailed compost operator training course was offered by the North Carolina Composting Council, a state committee of the U.S. Composting Council. The next course will be offered in 2010. For more information, visit the NCCC webpage at http://www.carolinacompost.com Click on the following links for more information: Vermicomposting Backyard Composting Large-Scale Composting Food Waste Management Recycling for Businesses, Institutions, & Municipalities Recycling for Homeowners Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling Compost Training Facility Extension Publications Curriculum Vitae Research Projects Biographical Sketch: Rhonda Sherman is a faculty member of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at NC State University (since 1993), providing leadership for university outreach programs on solid waste management issues through the Cooperative Extension Service. She holds degrees in Environmental Studies and Urban/Regional Planning, and Environmental Resources Analysis with an emphasis in solid waste management. Sherman has developed and conducted countless training courses and workshops, and created a variety of publications and audiovisuals on solid waste management and sustainability issues. Rhonda provides education and technical assistance about vermicomposting and composting throughout the United States and, so far, to people in 56 countries. Since 2001, she has coordinated an annual conference on large-scale vermicomposting (the only one held in the nation). Rhonda co-founded the North Carolina Composting Council, and is currently serving as the Vice-President. She is a former board member of the U.S. Composting Council. For several years, Rhonda was a contributing editor of the BioCycle Journal of Composting and Organics Recycling. She is frequently interviewed about vermicomposting for television news, newspaper, and magazine segments, and is often seen on the Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet.


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Rhonda L. Sherman

Extension Solid Waste Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Appointment: Extension

209 Weaver Labs
Box 7625, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7625 E-MAIL IS BEST WAY TO REACH ME

Voice: (919) 515-6770 rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu
Fax: (919) 515-6772
E-mail: rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu

Please note: Some links to my information have moved so you need to re-bookmark my page links below. THANKS!

NEW: 'Composting Yard Wastes' Two-Day Course on October 13-14, 2009 in Charlotte, NC. Day 1 has classroom training by four instructors; Day 2 has field exercises at Mecklenburg County's Compost Central and equipment demos of turners, grinders, trommels, screens, and loaders. Click here for Agenda and here for Registration.

NC State University's 10th Annual Vermiculture Conference will be held in North Carolina in Spring 2010. To be notified of the date by email, send me your contact info (including city and state or country) to rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu. The 2009 conference was held on June 4 & 5 in Durham, NC. We had 10 speakers and 85 participants from 17 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. Details about the 2009 conference are at http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/workshops/worms09/index.htm

ALERT: Read Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost, & Grass Clippings: Caution to Hay Producers, Livestock Owners, Farmers & Home Gardeners (Davis, J. & Johnson, S. E., North Carolina Cooperative Extension, 7/09). Certain herbicides can remain active in hay, straw, grass clippings, manure, and compost (very important information!).

Workshops on VERMICOMPOSTING and COMPOSTING and RECYCLING are offered periodically throughout the year. If you would like to be notified of upcoming workshops, e-mail rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu and ask to be added to the list. Please indicate the topics of interest to you, such as earthworm farming, vermicomposting at home or in schools, large-scale composting, backyard composting, recycling, waste reduction, etc. and include your city and state or country.

NCSU hosted the Commercial Composting and Compost Use 40-hour training course on September 8-12, 2008. The widely-hailed compost operator training course was offered by the North Carolina Composting Council, a state committee of the U.S. Composting Council. The next course will be offered in 2010. For more information, visit the NCCC webpage at http://www.carolinacompost.com

Click on the following links for more information:

Vermicomposting
Backyard Composting
Large-Scale Composting
Food Waste Management
Recycling for Businesses, Institutions, & Municipalities
Recycling for Homeowners
Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling
Compost Training Facility
Extension Publications

Curriculum Vitae
Research Projects
Biographical Sketch: Rhonda Sherman is a faculty member of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at NC State University (since 1993), providing leadership for university outreach programs on solid waste management issues through the Cooperative Extension Service. She holds degrees in Environmental Studies and Urban/Regional Planning, and Environmental Resources Analysis with an emphasis in solid waste management.

Sherman has developed and conducted countless training courses and workshops, and created a variety of publications and audiovisuals on solid waste management and sustainability issues. Rhonda provides education and technical assistance about vermicomposting and composting throughout the United States and, so far, to people in 56 countries. Since 2001, she has coordinated an annual conference on large-scale vermicomposting (the only one held in the nation).

Rhonda co-founded the North Carolina Composting Council, and is currently serving as the Vice-President. She is a former board member of the U.S. Composting Council. For several years, Rhonda was a contributing editor of the BioCycle Journal of Composting and Organics Recycling. She is frequently interviewed about vermicomposting for television news, newspaper, and magazine segments, and is often seen on the Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet.

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