To wrap up the year on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts his overalls on for a conversation with Ben Heimach-Snipes. Ben is a gardener, composter, Prebyterian pastor and much more. He moved to Louisville two years ago and has been working in roofing sales to fund his dream of starting a compost business, similar to what Vermont Compost or Charlie's Compost south of Owensboro (http://charliescompost.com/) does - high value, high quality compost for gardeners or farmers. He'd like to contract with restaurants and other businesses that have pretty consistent waste volumes without herbicides.

Join us as we discuss compost as the story of new life and the theology of soil, as Genesis in the bible says, we are made from the "best, richest, darkest, thickest soil.” You’ll also learn about creating safe compost and get introduced to the ideas of Jessie Frost from the NoTill Market Garden podcast (http://Notillgrowers.com), who says over and over again that there is no source of compost in Kentucky that is guaranteed to be free of persistent herbicides and affordable enough to be part of a farmer's budget. Ben’s goal is to one day fill this gap in the perceived market.

We also talk about the Soil Food Web School (https://www.soilfoodweb.com/), soil food web based lawn care, and healthy gardening in Kentucky through healthy soils.

Get in touch with Ben at Benheimachsnipes@gmail.com

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com