Master Composter Certificate | Course 3: Soil Health and Soil Science | Virtual Session |

What is soil? How does soil form? How do we evaluate the health of soils? Learn the soil basics and the role of compost in creating healthier soil. Learn the basic properties of soil and how soils are vulnerable to contamination and exhaustion. Discuss why this is crucial to the daily lives of New Yorkers!

This course is one of the required courses for securing a Master Composter certification through the NYC Community Compost Network (formerly NYC Compost Project). This is recommended as the third course to take in your path to certification, though you can take the workshops in any order. Please note that in addition to the required workshops, 9 hours of compost-related service learning and 2 field trips to compost-processing sites (of which Snug Harbor is one!). For certification through Snug Harbor, we also require a capstone project, which consists of a five-minute presentation during the last workshop.

WHEN:

• February 11 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• March 18 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• May 20 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• June 15 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Virtual (Zoom)

Admission: Free (Registration Required)

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This program is supported by the New York City Council Community Composting Initiative. Snug Harbor and the members of the NYC Community Composting Network are deeply grateful to Council Member Abreu and the NYC City Council for supporting this crucial public education initiative.