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Mary Appelhof was a biologist and educator in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and the author of Worms Eat My Garbage as well as numerous articles on solid-waste topics. She also founded Flower Press and Flowerfield Enterprises, a company that sells worm bins and worms for composting.
Joshua Cohen is the manager of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn Compost Project, a joint initiative with the New York City Department of Sanitation. In addition to coordinating the Master Composter Certificate program, he organizes workshops, composting givebacks, and bin sales.
Grace Gershuny is internationally known for her work in organic agriculture and has written extensively about soil management and composting. She lives, teaches, and gardens in Vermont.
Benjamin Grant, an urban designer and writer, is a former instructor for Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn Compost Project. He has also taught courses in composting and environmental issues to children, adults, and landscape professionals.
Beth Hanson is a former managing editor of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's 21st Century Gardening Series and of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Amicus Journal. She writes about gardening and environmental issues for a variety of publications and composts just north of New York City.
Patricia Jasaitis, former manager of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn Compost Project, has also worked in community gardening in New York City and in urban forestry at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.
Joseph Keyser is the outreach coordinator for Montgomery County, Maryland, Office of Environmental Protection. He has received several awards for his outreach programs on composting and conserving resources, including ones from the Audubon Naturalist Society and the U.S. Composting Council.
Miranda Smith, a longtime teacher of organic horticulture and farming to gardeners and commercial farmers, is author of many books and articles on gardening. She currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Rod Tyler, a former vice president of the U.S. Composting Council, has written dozens of articles about the making and marketing of compost. He currently works for Filtrexx International, a company that uses compost in its erosion-control products.
Jeff Wilkinson heads his own architectural design firm in Beacon, New York, and lives in nearby Newburgh, where he pursues his interests in conservation and city planning. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, including The Naturally Elegant Home (Little-Brown, 1993) and the New York Times.