Solving Problems through Compost with Jayne Merner

Recording date: December 8, 2025

Episode twenty-one of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features farmer, composter, and podcaster Jayne Merner of Earth Care Farm, Golden Root Gardening, and “The Composter” podcast as we discuss:

• Delegating responsibility
• Bartering for services
• Eliminating waste
• Finding fun in finding balance
• Much, much more!

You will love this entrepreneurial and progressive farmer-composter!

About Jayne:

Jayne Merner began operating a CSA at age nineteen, growing produce and flowers for her community. Farmer’s market customers remarked at the high quality of the produce grown and asked Merner to garden at their homes. This flowed into a side business tending gardens off the farm. In 2015, Jayne took over the family compost operation when her father retired. She is currently in the process of developing the first commercial composting operation in Connecticut.  

Connect with Jayne at: 

• Website: https://www.earthcarefarm.com/ ; https://www.goldenrootgardening.com/ ;
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayne-merner-bb29a4221/
• Instagram: @goldenrootgardening ; @earthcarefarmcompost
• Facebook: @earthcarefarm ; @GoldenRootGardening
• The Composter Podcast: https://www.earthcarefarm.com/composter-podcast.html

Connect with K at: 

• Website: https://www.penlightfarmers.com
• YouTube: @k.castrataro3466 
• Facebook and Instagram: @penlightfarmers
• Podcast (audio): https://www.penlightfarmers.com/podcast 
• Podcast (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVBn53rrIsTwS4ag6hH4DHnxG_Lxqt7x