Welcome to BioBag’s Community Heroes series! Each month, we will highlight community heroes that are making a difference in their communities and working to make their local environments cleaner and healthier.

This month, we are taking a look at WyoFarm Composting!

Based in Thayne, Wyoming, WyoFarm Composting is a collection service that services homes, businesses, and events in the area. We spoke to Curtis Haderlie of WyoFarm Composting to learn a little more about their organization.

What led you to start your composting operation?

Curtis: We are farmers and were approached to see if we would like take food scraps for our hogs. After doing this for a few years, we decided we could expand upon this and start charging to take business’s and individuals’ food scraps for composting.

Who do you serve, and how can people get in touch with you if they want to start composting?

Curtis: We serve both businesses and individuals. People can check out our website at wyocompost.com, send an email to chaderlie@wyocompost.com or give us a call at 307-883-7070.

How much organic material do you typically take in on a weekly basis?

Curtis: 3-5 tons per week.

Please give us one fun fact about you or your business.

Curtis: Early in our food scrap pick-up experience, we fed a bunch of bananas to our small herd of dairy cows. People started complaining about the taste of the milk. When I tried it, the taste was awful! We haven’t fed bananas or any other food scraps to our dairy cows since.

Feel free to add any additional information about your operation as you see fit.

Curtis: The collection of food scraps for composting fits into our sustainable farm model. We are trying to limit chemical fertilizer inputs, and having our own source of high-quality compost gives us a great soil amendment without the drawbacks and expense of chemical fertilizers. It also increases the efficiency of our delivery routes. We deliver food to our customers and bring food scraps back to the farm.

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