Humanure Handbook, 1st Edition, is a Three Rivers Award Finalist in the Public Awareness Category. The Three Rivers Awards, centered in western Pennsylvania, is one of the largest regional environmental awards programs in the US.
Humanure Handbook,
1st Edition, is an Amazon.com #1 Category Bestseller
1999
Humanure Handbook, 2nd edition,is an Amazon.com #1 Category Bestseller
2000

Humanure Handbook, 2nd edition, presented the Independent Publisher Outstanding Book of the Year Award Winner, deemed the book "Most Likely to Save the Planet" among a competition involving 550 independent publishers.

Humanure Handbook, 2nd edition, is a ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Finalist competing against 1,000 other publishers.

Humanure Handbook, 2nd edition, is a Publisher's Marketing Association's Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for excellence in publishing, among 1,804 entries.
2001

Jenkins is a Three Rivers Environmental Award Finalist in the Public Awareness Category.
2006

Humanure Handbook, 3rd Edition, presented with the 2006 IPPY Awards: Mid-Atlantic – Best Regional Non-Fiction, Honorable Mention
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