master composters
The composter-breeders of New York
Jodie Colón, according to the list of contributors to the NYC Compost Project’s Master Composter manual, “defines crazy for composting.”
This is literally true. Colón, a full-time compost educator at the New York Botanical Garden, actually designed a quiz to measure composting passion. Points are awarded for behavior like striking up a compost conversation with a stranger, bragging about compost, or knowing “too much” about earthworms’ anatomy, velocity and sex life. More
