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Truck Save Money
Hands on a Hard Body, a film chronicling a Longview, Texas car dealership’s annual Nissan truck giveaway contest, delves into the topic of truck culture in America. One of the key takeaways from the movie is how useful trucks are for … Continue reading
Sold Out (Again)!!!
Before we started Dirt Hugger other composters had told us that spring would be the best season for compost sales, but that fall could also be strong. This spring we had the good fortune to sell through all of our … Continue reading
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Technology Upgrades
As a start up we wanted to get a composting facility off the ground at the lowest initial cost possible. On day one that meant borrowing machinery from our gracious neighbors to build and turn piles of compost. Slowly, we … Continue reading
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Tagged aerated static piles, aeration, ASP, compost technology, composting techology, extended asp, start up
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Free Brush Month – The Dalles Disposal
November is free brush month at The Dalles Disposal. There were whirling debates and City Council subcommittees dedicated to burn bans and alternatives to burning – and here is an existing solution! Bring your yard debris or brush down to … Continue reading
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Organic Certification!
We just got word that Dirt Hugger Local Compost is officially “listed by the Organic Materials Review Insitute (OMRI) for use in organic production.” From the beginning have been making compost according to organic standards, but we finally bit the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirt Hugger Organic Compost, OMRI listed, OMRI Listing, Organic Compost
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STA Certification
We just received the Seal of Testing Assurance from the United States Composting Council! OMRI Organic Certification is next (stay tuned!)
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Tagged OMRI, OMRI certification, OMRI compost, Seal of Testing assurance, STA, US Compost Council, USCC
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Summer Scenes
This summer has been a busy one. We’ve had a lot of early mornings, late nights, and made a bunch of compost. Check out this photo essay of the Dirt Hugger summer. compost customer- Nora’s Table the site after … Continue reading
A Complaint!
The two biggest potential issues in developing a composting facility are: leachate (stormwater that leaves a site) and odors. The regulating and permitting office in Oregon is the DEQ and they are very attuned to each of these issues. In … Continue reading
Failure Parts VI & VII
Failure is the engine that drives our entrepreneurial venture forward. Every day we make mistakes and hope that they are minimal and that we can learn something valuable from them. That’s not always the case, so at least we hope … Continue reading
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Tagged event composting, fail early fail often, failure, mistakes, start-ups
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Full Circle
Last Friday was a particularly rewarding day for the Dirt Hugger crew on a personal level. In the morning we received the now customary delivery of Brew Dew (a mix of spilled beer and yeast) from Full Sail. We apply … Continue reading
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