Regenerative Compost: Woman Owned Commercial Compost Supporting Regenerative Agriculture

A woman owned commercial compost operation in Montana making high quality compost to help farmers and gardeners repair damaged and degraded soil.
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[@paulnicholson8524]

The best keep it up we need more people on board

[@Sciath27]

my first thought as a gardener who goes through compost faster than i can make it regardless of the amount was "hmmm, 150 tons probably won't be enough compost."

[@markmeyer9571]

Piney Springs regenerative culture farm coming soon! I’m only 32 acres, but I’m going to stand up this year 👨‍🌾

[@RegenerativeJourney]

That's great! Is there a way for others to follow your journey?

[@donthompson4912]

Keep up the good work

[@allanturpin2023]

Awesome woman all around. Thanks for sharing this story.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Yes she is! I'm grateful to have met her and been able to share her story.

[@HilariousKitties]

Dave, you keep making such great videos that every time I watch them I think about how I can change my career to be involved in this! Ahhhh, mind blown. So inspiring. Thanks for the helpful info Alissa!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Jess, it means a lot to me to get this feedback. It keeps me motivated to keep making the videos. And yes, Alissa is amazing! If you get a chance, let her know via email or on instagram that you feel that way. She works her butt off.

[@kathrynackley8414]

I love this. I recover about 100 lbs of used coffee grounds every week from a local coffee shop and use it for garden compost. Everyone can do something.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Nice Kathryn!

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Mam, Excellent , We salute you

[@jenniferjohns5087]

Thank you for this video!!

[@redcossack245]

Another good show. Thanks.

[@mydhug]

Amen Girl! You got it!

[@huvanandana]

I love this vdo, thank you

[@fathisaidomar]

I just found your channel and let me say that your videos are insightful, high quality. I appreciate you, David.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks Fathi! I'm glad to found them useful.

[@justinhall4510]

I want to start asap thank you for sharing

[@lovecatspiracy]

So inspiring! Thanks

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@marcusd2380]

Glad I found this channel on KZbin. Great content and amazingly well presented.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks Marcus! Glad you enjoyed it. This channel is meant to give a voice to the amazing people working to regenerative our environment and to help facilitate a larger conversation around how to farm regeneratively.

[@juliacerezo1125]

Such a good video! I loved it

[@marc4687]

Great job she do and amazing video!!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Yeah, she's pretty awesome. Thanks for checking out the video. Glad you liked it.

[@botzallrightsreserved1139]

im lovin this stuff

[@martinvdv5970]

People should garden more especially children. It good for your immunesystem.

[@TS-vr9of]

I love the new episode. You are such a great film maker. Of course the people you are interviewing are also amazing. 👍👍👍😁😁😁☘️☘️☘️🌎

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks so much for checking out the video and your support. And yes, the people I'm interviewing are amazing. They have so much more to share than I'm able to convey in these videos. The world is a better place because of them, in my opinion. :)

[@crocus5632]

In Austria there is a public composting and they use the methan from it for heating of the city. So it's even better for environment, I think.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

That's really smart to use the methane from composting as heating fuel. Some places in the US do that but I don't think it's very common. Hopefully it catches on.

[@jennifergottliebel-azhari149]

Awesome thank you. This is what I want to do!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

That's great! The world needs more people doing this work. Go for it!

[@jennifergottliebel-azhari149]

@@RegenerativeJourney thank you. I'm now taking a class at Harvard Extension in regenerative agriculture and I'm going to do a business plan for composting. People like you that educate others make a difference.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks for the kind words. You may also want to consider taking the soil advocate training offered by Kiss The Ground: kisstheground.mykajabi.com/kiss-the-ground-s-soil-advocate-training-90befcf2-102f-4937-a839-6f8bf7d8957c?preview_theme_id=2591978. Good luck!

[@clbradford4509]

This is so great--we need this everywhere! Asking from the Northeast (Maine): Could you point me in a direction to find out what the optimal equipment set up and procedures would be to start up a compost operation on a mid-size town scale? I do my own composting in my backyard, I am familiar with Dr. Elaine Ingham's work (a bit), and I have operated an excavator, and I might be able to coordinate with some local high school kids to work on the pick-up routes... Any advice for how to really get this off the ground (ha-ha! no pun intended...)? Do you have a business email?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

You may want to contact Alissa directly. I think she'd been happy to point you in the right direction. Her contact info is at the bottom of this webpage: www.dirtrichcompost.com/. There are also at least a couple other compost operations in New Hampshire and northeast Massachusetts that you could check out. mrfoxcomposting.com/ blackearthcompost.com/ Also, Maine has arguably the best composting school out there, though, I'm not sure how up to date they are on regenerative agriculture. If you're serious about creating a commercial compost business I would recommend starting with the course offered through them: composting.org/. Good luck and go for it!

[@clbradford4509]

@@RegenerativeJourney Thanks so much for detailed reply! I know of several other composting businesses operating within, say, 20 miles of my town, but it seems to me the more local the better--this should be happening everywhere... I will take your suggestions... Many thanks again!

[@OBRfarm]

Amazing video as usual. Trying to figure out how a small farm can do this with no expensive Special equipment. Can someone do this on a small scale.

[@jameskniskern2261]

Yes you can. Be mindful of managing any runoff. Keep your waterways clean, and when in doubt, add more carbon! :) If you have a tractor, access to large amounts of carbon (cardboard, woodchips, sawdust, etc.) and have the time to gather materials from locals, you can do it. You can make the compost in as small or as large batches as you are able to handle. Good luck.

[@marcusd2380]

@@jameskniskern2261 our local council does it on a larger scale and to do this they collect brown bins every other week. The brown bins mostly contain grass cutting and garden cuttings and they turn this into compost. Turning and aireating is key

[@andrewbegbey1407]

Hi, I live in the uk, in Sevenoaks. My council doesn’t collect food waste, I’m petitioning the uk government to make food waste composting mandatory, could you give me advice or data to support my petition?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I'm sure there's good data out there and if you contacted Alissa at Dirt Rich Compost she could guide you in the right direction. Her contact info is here: www.dirtrichcompost.com.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Also here's another resource: www.mass.gov/guides/commercial-food-material-disposal-ban

[@tonyascreativespace3067]

i want to start a small compost business, how to i start?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I would recommend reaching out to Dirt Rich Compost in Montana or Veterans Compost in Maryland. There's also a great course you can take in Maine to prepare you for commercial composting: composting.org/. Good luck!

[@crocus5632]

Do you even have meat in your compost? Think I see it in your video. Is that possible? And these bags are also ok? In Austria not allowed in biological waste for composting...

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Yes, both the meat and compostable plastic bags are ok. They are composted at high enough temperatures for long periods of time to make sure they are safely and completely broken down.

[@mydhug]

300000lbs =150tons

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I should have shown that number on the video. May have been more impactful.

[@B61Mod12]

Definitely illustrative of the benefits of the metric system.

[@joeschmo7957]

Woman owned: let us call it what it is. High level feminist. check out the t-shirt.