Author

Joseph Jenkins

1 book, mostly health fitness, for Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, 2026

Joseph C. Jenkins is an American nonfiction author and self-publisher best known for The Humanure Handbook, which began as a master's thesis in sustainable systems in the early 1990s and was published independently in 1995. His writing focuses on composting, ecological sanitation, organic gardening, sustainable living, and practical self-reliance; he has also written books on slate roofing, self-publishing, personal philosophy, and direct democracy.