NOVELTY - Making food-based compost, comprises mulching food to a predetermined maximum size, mixing mulched food with a filler to create a compost pre-mixture, aerating the compost pre-mixture, and waiting a composting period until compost is formed from the compost pre-mixture, where the compost does not include animal-based products.    USE - The method is useful for making food-based compost including fruits and vegetables (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method significantly increases nutrient content of resulting compost and reduces amount of time required for completing the composting process. The method reduces undesirable odors and provides heating of the compost material at a rate that avoids the attraction of flies and rodents.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Making food-based compost, comprises: either mulching food to a predetermined maximum size, mixing mulched food with a filler to create a compost pre-mixture, aerating the compost pre-mixture, and waiting a composting period until compost is formed from the compost pre-mixture, where the compost does not include animal-based products; or mulching food, draining the mulched fruits and vegetables, mixing the mulched fruits and vegetables with sawdust to create a compost pre-mixture, elevating a temperature of the compost pre-mixture, periodically aerating the compost pre-mixture and waiting a predetermined time until a compost is formed from the compost pre-mixture. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a system for creating food-based compost, comprising a food mulcher (508) for mulching food-based product, a screener (510) for removing mulched food-based product greater than a predetermined size, a drainer (514) for draining liquid from the mulched food based product, a food and filler mixing chamber (518) for mixing the mulched food-based product with a filler to form a compost pre-mixture, and an aerator (520) for periodically aerating the compost pre-mixture until the compost pre-mixture changes to compost.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a block diagram of a system for making food-based compost.    Food mulcher (508)    Screener (510)    Drainer (514)    Food and filler mixing chamber (518)    Aerator. (520)