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Comment on About by dirthuggercompost

dirthuggercompost — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01:54 +0000

HI Billy,

Great to hear you are working on a composting facility.

Regarding compost from yard trimmings, depending on your process and technology you should be able to inoculate any pesticides, etc from yard debris. Yard debris is an accepted feedstock in Organically certified compost. There have been a few persistent pesticides on the market such as aminopyralids, however, EPA has been working to eradicate them from the marketplace. The best way to insure a safe, consistent and high quality product is to conduct extensive testing on both feedstocks as well as finished compost. You can also check for pesticides by doing a bioassay test.

Our approach has been to test like crazy in order to understand the relationship between feedstocks, process, and finished compost quality. We like having the data to drive improvement in our compost. For example from the first batch to the 4th we nearly doubled in organic context using lab data results to change our recipe. Food scraps will also help bump the nutrient content, but it is a little more difficult to process.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Comment on About by Billy

Billy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:54:27 +0000

Hey guys,
This is awesome! We are looking to start up a similar program across the country in an east coast suburban county. There is already a composting company in the area but they are industrial scale, solely compost yard waste, produce low quality compost, and kind of have a bad reputation in the community (in terms of air quality, dust, odor, etc.). We are looking to separate ourselves by providing top quality compost using yard waste mixed with produce from food stores and food scraps from local restaurants. Do you have any opinions on compost quality created from yard trimmings, especially referring to grass which is sometimes treated with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.. And any other opinions on differentiation from the existing industrial composter. Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work!

Comment on Sold Out (Again)!!! by Rich and Sue

Rich and Sue — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:21:06 +0000

wow! that was quick…good job!

Comment on Organic Certification! by G.O.

G.O. — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:31:06 +0000

This is huge! Congrats you guys on all the hard work.

Comment on STA Certification by Hilary Near

Hilary Near — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:46:03 +0000

Congratulations!

Comment on Contact by Betty

Betty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:31:43 +0000

Hi Pierce,

I found out about Dirt Hugger from the SBS website. We are currently making our own compost at home but for you and Tyler to have thought about making a living out of this while making a difference is just plain amazing.

Would you be available to help me understand a bit more about SBS/your experiences, etc…? Thanks

Betty

Comment on Garden Update by Carola Stepper

Carola Stepper — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:36:39 +0000

You are VERY kind! Truely, it is DirtHugger compost and sprinklers on a timer for the 3 beds I took – nothing else – and for sure much more green thumb energy than I have for our community gardeners who rented the other plots for $20 for the whole season. Thanks for the post! I tell every new client who comes to our clinic and receives a tour about DirtHugger compost!!

Comment on Trademarked! by Suzi Conklin

Suzi Conklin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:45:50 +0000

Congratulations. A beeg step.

Hope to see you at Mosier Farmers Market this summer.

If you have any questions re: the market, just email me.

Best wishes and we’ll see you in the dirt.
Suzi Conklin

Comment on “Compostable” Products by Yael

Yael — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:33:40 +0000

Nice and helpful post! Thanks

Comment on Contact by Larry Sprouse

Larry Sprouse — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:44:05 +0000

Hey guys,
I teach 4th and 5th grade at Chenowith Elementary. I will be teaching 5th next year. I would love to partner with you guys in teaching my students how to compost. I have had a worm bin in the past in my classroom and would love to have one again. Also, the pilot program sounds amazing. I know I would like to start to compost at home as well and if it is picked up that is even better. Do you provide the bins for the composting at home and at school? Let me know. I would love to work with you as soon into the fall as possible. Would love to have you come into my room and present to my kids, even once a month. IF possible. Please let me know what you think and please answer my questions reguarding composting at home and at school.

Thanks guys,
Larry