Rhonda Sherman is the former Director of the Compost Learning Lab at North Carolina State University where she taught vermicomposting and composting for 30 years. Considered a leading authority on vermicomposting, she has been contacted by people in 126 countries about this topic and has authored over 65 publications, and her latest book is The Worm Farmer’s Handbook by Chelsea Green Publishing. Before her retirement, she organized an annual conference on large‐scale commercial vermicomposting (her final event, the 21st Annual Vermiculture Conference was held on October 22-23, 2022 and boasted 183 attendees).
Her book The Worm Farmer’s Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions was selected to receive Choice Magazine’s (American Library Association) award for Outstanding Academic Title. Winning books were selected for their excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of their contribution to the field, and their value as an important treatment of their subject.
Rhonda has taught composting and vermicomposting in Guyana, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Chile, Italy, Canada, Mexico, and throughout the United States. Her annual conference on large‐scale commercial vermicomposting has been attended by people from Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kuwait, India, Israel, Latvia, Mexico, Micronesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, USA, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Rhonda has been active in local and national organizational development. She co-founded the Alliance for Integrated Resource Management (1988), Van Buren County Citizens for Recycling (1989), Source-Separated Compost & Organics Recycling Association (1993), National Backyard Composting Program (1994), and the North Carolina Composting Council (2008). She has served on the Boards of numerous associations, including the US Composting Council.
Read more at: https://composting.ces.ncsu.edu/about-rhonda-sherman/