{"id":5521,"date":"2026-04-06T21:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5521"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:13:42","slug":"hrm-community-compost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/hrm-community-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"HRM Community Compost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2>HRM Community Compost<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The HRM Community Compost project establishes the School of Hotel &amp; Restaurant Management (HRM) as the first academic unit at Northern Arizona University to operate a 100% student-led composting program. Spearheaded by student volunteers in partnership with HRM faculty and Campus Services, the initiative actively diverts food waste from the Marriott Demonstration Kitchen, culinary courses, and the student-run Cult Artisan Beverage Learning Cafe.\u00a0Compostable materials are collected in the HRM Garden and transported to the university&#8217;s central composting facility at Howard&#8217;s Mesa.\u00a0The processed compost will eventually nourish the future HRM kitchen garden, completing a localized circular food system.\u00a0By reducing landfill waste and fostering hands-on environmental education, this ongoing project significantly contributes to the university\u2019s Climate Action Plan and strengthens its AASHE Gold Star rating<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1637 size-square-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2020\/06\/Howards-Mesa_June-2019-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"Howard at Howard's Mesa sign\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p>Andrew Nettels<\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Frederick De Micco<\/p>\n<h5>Date:<\/h5>\n<p>11\/22\/2021<\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p>$474.95<\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p>School of Hotel and Redtaurant Managment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/04\/HRM-Community-Compost-Proposal.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5581,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5521\/revisions\/5581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}