Continuing Education

CE Criteria

In order for things to be counted as CE, they must meet a certain criteria.

Compost Related
They must be presented by an .EDU or the equivalent (research based information)
They must be advertised to our whole group after approval
A short presentation must be given at the next group MM or CE zoom.

Guest Speaker Video Recordings

Date Recorded	Title & Description
October 1, 2024	Dilafruz Williams, Professor Emerita, Portland State University
September 3, 2024	Doug Millar, SMRCD
March 5, 2024	BioChar with Austin Liu of All Power Labs
February 6, 2024	Bokashi Fermentation by Dr. Michael Vincent Rodriguez, UC Merced
January 9, 2024	Soil Health, Composting and Urban Ag by Dr. Joshua Garcia

November 7, 2023	Meet Victoria!
October 3, 2023	Compost Application to Reduce GHGs by Cole Smith
September 5, 2023	Compost & Carbon Sequestration by Radomir Schmidt
August 1, 2023	Using Microbes to Break Down "Compostable" plastics by Michael Cohen (Slides here)
June 6, 2023	Using Compost to Bring Urban Soils Back to Life (Remediation) by Sally Brown
May 2, 2023	Build Sensational Soil by Making Sensational Compost by Stephen Andrews
April 4, 2023	Progressive Windrows by Dan Hafeman
March 7, 2023	Bokashi by Tess Feigenbaum (Slides here)
February 7, 2023	Human Composting by Katrina Spade
January 3, 2023	Vermicompost Myth-Busting by Tom Boehme

November 1, 2022	Organic Materials Advisor position & policy by Stephanie Mar and Cole
October 4, 2022	Compost Tea & Bokashi by Luke Besmer
September 6, 2022	Cover cropping in a home garden - Drought considerations, given by Master Gardener Candace Simpson
June 7, 2022	Program Discussion with Volunteers and Cole
May 3, 2022	An Evening with Robert Rynk, Author/Editor of The Composting Handbook
April 5, 2022	Recycling & Waste Reduction, County of Santa Clara, Michele Young

December 2021	No meeting
October 5, 2021	Lynn Fang, California Alliance for Community Composting, Module 02 - Compost for Soil Health
September 7, 2021	Lynn Fang, California Alliance for Community Composting Module 13 - Compost Quality, Soil Health, Lab Testing
August 3, 2021	Najiha Al Asmar, Community Gardens Program Manager
July 6, 2021	Karrie Reid, Building Resilient Gardens
June 1, 2021	Dan Hafeman, Progressive Composting
May 4, 2021	Biofiltro
April 6, 2021	Steve Fennimore, Weed Science
March 3, 2021	Rob Dentremont, Grace Valley Community Composting
February 2, 2021	Milt McGiffen, Plants, Soil & Carbon

December 2020	No Meeting
October 6, 2020	Lynn Wunderlich: Insects and Diseases in the Compost Pile
September 1, 2020	The Compost Crew
August 4, 2020	Derek Bryant, The Compost Gospel
July 7, 2020	Geoffrey Koch, Defining Practices for Soil Health
June 2, 2020	Deborah Meckler, What to do with the Body

Articles

Composting in America

Is compost the secret to making Ag climate friendly?

Composting Council Articles

H&M Compostable Clothing

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

Climate Change Video from Michele Young