Mary Arlene Appelhof

Born: 1936

Died: 2005

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

Michigan State University BS 1958, MS 1959 both in Biology, MS Education

""My goal [in founding Flower Press], however, was not to make lots of money, but to influence people's thinking. To get them to think differently about waste, and give them tools to deal with it. Self-publishing my book was the way I could do that. So I learned what I had to learn to be able to do so." (wikipedia.org); "

— Mary Arlene Appelhof

Field of Study: Biology

Institution/Corporation: None found

Degrees & Memberships: Member: NOW

Awards: 2009 Women's History Month Honoree, National Women's History Project; National Recycling Coalition Recycler of the Year Award

Achievements: advocated the use of earthworms to recycle food waste into usable fertilizer; her 1982 book "Worms Eat My Garbage' is still held as seminal reading in the field of vermicomposting; 1976 founded Flower Press; published "Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment" 1993; 2000 organized a vermicomposting seminar in Michigan; designed composting bins;