The UConn Home & Garden Education Center developed the UCONN Master Composter Program in 2009 and has held it annually to educate and train state residents about backyard and small-scale composting and to assist participants in passing this knowledge on to others.
Those enrolled in the Master Composter program will:
Learn why it is important to reduce the amount of waste send to incinerators or landfills
Understand how individuals and communities benefit from making compost
Discover the art and science of composting
Find out about the many ways that compost improves soils
Become familiar with techniques for creating/maintaining backyard composting systems
Learn how to use compost in an environmentally sound manner
Have an opportunity to learn about vermicomposting and make their own worm bin
Join occasional field trips to municipal, small-scale and/or on-farm composting sites
Improve teaching and leadership skills through community outreach projects
Number: (877) 486-6271
Email: ladybug@uconn.edu
Address: 1380 Storrs Road, Unit 4115
Storrs, CT 06269-4115
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm