The Composter Podcast
Episodes
Financing the Future of Compost with Jorge Montezuma and Paula Luu
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for Episode 11 of The Composter for a conversation on Financing the Future of Compost with Jorge Montezuma from the Compost Capital Network an...
Cary Oshins: Cultivating Compost Professionals and a little on CA bioplastics issue
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of The Composter, I sit down with Cary Oshins — educator, consultant, longtime industry leader, and someone who has helped shape what ...
Produce Stickers: From Nemesis to Dialogue: A Conversation with Scott Howarth
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 of The Composter, I sit down with Scott Howarth from the Sinclair Group, one of the largest manufactures of produce labels. We talk about...
Veteran Compost and Closed Loop Partners on Capital Funding and EPR
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode 8 of The Composter, I sit down with Justen Garrity from Veteran Compost and Caroline Barry from Closed Loop Partners for a wide-rangin...
40 Years of Compost Case Studies with Jeff Gage
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jeff Gage, Director of Consulting at Green Mountain Technologies and a Certified Composting Professional. One of the major themes o...
Arnold Schwarzenegger! Composting Innovation in Austria with Aurel Lubke
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did we hook you with the photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and compost!? I hope so because you really want to hear about the less muscley but brilliant g...
Ryan Green from Happy Trash Can on Public Private Partnerships
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 4 episode 5 of the Composter. In this episode you get to meet Ryan Green from Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting in Bozeman, Montan...
Composting in the Domincan Republic with Jake Kheel from Grupo Puntacana
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I first heard about Grupo Puntacana’s new composting initiative while reading a BioCycle article, and I’ve been eager to dig in ever since. Their ...
Rust Belt Riders: Nathan Rutz on Cooperatives and Scaling up
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I’m thrilled to share my conversation with Nathan. He’s the Director of Soil and a long-time force behind Rust Belt Riders, a cooperative c...
Green Mountain Compost : Dan Goossen On Persistent Herbicides
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode comes from a walk-and-talk at Green Mountain Compost in Vermont with Dan Goossen. Dan was super generous with his time—he gave us ...
Jesse Frost from GROWERS DAILY
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a special one. We’re talking with the very knowledgeable and very lovable Farmer Jesse Frost from No-Till Growers and his The G...
Season 4 Composter Teaser
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wow, we’ve made it to Season 4 of the Composter Podcast — and I couldn’t be more excited to share this journey with you. Our first episode drops...
USCC Compost Conference 2025 (w/ '24 Conference Highlights)
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Compost Lovers, I just booked my flights to Phoenix for USCC Compost Conference 2025. Join me, January 27th to 30th for compost enthusiasts from ...
Two Compost Pioneers, Karl Hammer of Vermont Compost & Mike Merner of Earth Care Farm
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is with two of our compost pioneers, Karl Hammer from Vermont Compost and Mike Merner from Earth Care Farm. They share advice, stories...
How Composters Can Be Proactive About PFAS w/ Andrew Brousseau of Black Earth Compost
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I recently took a road trip to eastern Massachusetts. Most people visiting this classic New England area in October are either leaf peeping or visitin...
Working ON the Compost Business, Not Just IN it with Pierce Louis of Dirt Hugger
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As farmers and composters, it's easy to get in the pattern of only thinking about our day-to-day fires that need to be addressed. Weeds, odors, staffi...
From Farming to Potting Soils to Composting with Adam Schwartz of DirtCraft Organics
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Schwartz from DirtCraft Organics has a background in farming. He saw the gap in the potting soil market in his area of North Carolina. He's fille...
Closing the Loop in Food Recovery through Composting with James Hoffer of The Food Bank
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over 40 years, The Food Bank has served as the primary source of food for the Hunger Relief Network in the Miami Valley of Ohio. The Food Bank, th...
Catch Compost Fever with Marvin Hayes of The Baltimore Compost Collective
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marvin Hayes from the Baltimore Compost Collective is one of the most passionate compost advocates out there, spreading his compost fever. It became a...
On-Farm Johnson-Su Composting for Thousands of Acres with Tyler Zimmerman
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last winter, I went to Covington, Kentucky for the Acres USA EcoAG Conference. It was my kind of nerd fest. I listened to researchers sharing their ne...
A Small-Scale Neighborhood Compost Company w/ Andreas Ruiz of Regenera Organico
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I absolutely love how small the world is and how compost can connect us all! This March, I visited San Francisco and found myself at a party where I k...
Community-Scale Composting in NYC with Domingo Morales of Compost Power NYC
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Domingo Morales of Compost Power NYC was raised in New York City with little connection to nature until he was 22 years old and had a position at the ...
The Deep, Caring Process of Human Composting with Katrina Spade of Recompose
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wow, compost lovers, we made it to season three! Thank you. That's three years of compost love being shared and celebrated. This season is going to be...
Composting in the Tough Climate of Alaska with Lisa Daugherty of Juneau Composts
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When I was at the US Compost Conference last winter, I met Lisa of Juneau Composts and my 'cool gal' radar went off. Her vibe shouted competent. Lisa ...
The 131 School of & Community-Scale Composting with James McSweeney
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James McSweeney, of The 131 School of Composting and author of Community-Scale Composting, and I jammed so well about what The 131 School is about—...
Composting Lessons from Austria with Ursula, Gerald, & Karen
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Austria banned organics from the waste stream in '92, Ursula was--in part--tasked with how to divert organic waste from going to the landfill. In...
Decentralized Composting in Austria with Verena of 3-er Hof Farm & Florian of the ISWA
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On our International Solid Waste Association study tour on decentralized bio waste recycling—or just the compost scene—in Austria, we visited 3-er...
A Deep & Fertile Conversation with Karl Hammer of Vermont Compost
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most of you all know and love Karl Hammer from Vermont Compost (IG VermontCompost) already. If you’re looking for a concise “how-to” guide on ho...
Thirty Years of Composting Innovation in Austria with Dr. Martin Wellacher
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I'm in Austria, joined by Dr. Martin Wellacher. Martin is uber committed to the environment, as most of us in this industry are eco-conscious, ...
The Great Aussie Composting Road Show with Robert Rynk & Matthew Cotton of The Composting Handbook
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Rynk and Matthew Cotton, who you may recognize as the authors of The Composting Handbook, just came back from a tour giving composting worksho...
Water Management on the Compost Farm with Steven Wisbaum of Champlain Valley Compost Co
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Composting for Community Initiative with Brenda Platt of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brenda Platt is the director and life-force behind the Composting for Community Initiative of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. ILSR has a visio...
Building Community through Community Composting with Michael Martinez of LA Compost
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 health...
The Composter, Season Two, Begins Tomorrow
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, an...
Compost Conference '23 with Todd & Brandon of Komptech Americas
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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!...
Getting to Know the Composters of Compost Conference '23
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
See you at The US Compost Council Conference '23!
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Mike Merner and Justin Boss of Earth Care Farm
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Pierce Louis of Dirt Hugger
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ron Alexander
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Composter and compost users have rightly been concerned with the high levels of phosphorus that can be found in composts, especially those with manure...
Ben Dickerson of SOILutions
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SOILutions has been making compost in New Mexico since '96 in a region that receives only 10" of annual rainfall, most of it all at once during the Su...
Dr. Robert Rynk, Author of The Composting Handbook
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Rynk was aprofessor at NYU where he taught courses on composting, waste management, renewable energy, and agricultural engineering, senior ...
Monique Digiorgio of Table to Farm Compost
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Table to Farm is a curbside collection company in Durango, CO, that has partnered with a local farm where they now produce compost. Table to Farm is s...
Peter Wadewitz of Peats Soil
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peats Soils, our first international guest, is a second generation south Australian company focused on receiving, processing, and marketing recyclable...
Nora Goldstein of BioCycle
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No one has a better pulse on the organics recylcing industry than Nora. She is the editor--and heart--of BioCylce, the organics recycling authority, a...
Felicia Newman of Coast of Maine
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Felicia Newman is the director of operations at Coast of Maine Compost, which makes a high-quality compost in many blends that are bagged and sold acr...
Carla Castegnero of AgRecycle
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Composter! In our first episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Carla Castegnero, co-founder and president of AgRecycle, Penn's la...
Introducing, The Composter with Jayne Merner Senecal
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Composter, a podcast for farmers and composters. I'm your host and fellow composter, Jayne Merner Senecal. Join me in practical convers...