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
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!

EVENT: Save the Date

NC State University's 10th Annual Vermiculture Conference
Durham, North Carolina on May 27-28, 2010.
This is the only conference about earthworm farming and mid-to-large-scale vermicomposting held in the
United States. Details about the conference are at http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/workshops/worm-conference/
Check the conference website often for updates on speakers and topics!
At the 2009 conference, we had 10 speakers and 85 participants from 17 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, British Columbia and Ontario.

First Scientific Book on Vermicomposting Coming in September:

Earthworms, Organic Waste, and Environmental Management will be published by CRC Press in early September. This 34-chapter book is edited by Dr. Clive Edwards (Ohio State University), Dr. Norman Arancon (University of Hawaii-Hilo), and Rhonda Sherman (NC State University). Contributing authors are from Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States.

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:

VERMICOMPOSTING, COMPOSTING and RECYCLING
These workshops 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.

News:

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 2011. For more information, visit the NCCC webpage beginning in February at http://www.carolinacompost.com

9th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology will be held in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexio on September 5-10, 2010. Details are at http://isee9.info/

Click on the following links for more information:

Vermicomposting

Backyard Composting

Large-Scale Composting

Food Waste Management

Recycling for Businesses, Institutions, & Municipalities (to come)

Recycling for Homeowners (to come)

Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling

Compost Training Facility

Extension Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Research

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 59 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 Animal Planet.