Josephine Hooks is a Florida native that has been residing in Richmond, Virginia for the past ten years. She comes from a family of farmers on both her mother and fathers side and environmental activism has always been one of her passions. Through self education, she learned of the benefits of composting and the need for this waste management system to be offered to everyone on large scale. In 2020 Josephine started AJ’s Compost Collective and has made it her mission to close the gap between consumption and production of food by offering composting services in the Central Virginia area.