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Beautiful Food Scraps for Animal Feed or Compost (University District)
Date: 2010-11-08, 7:26AM PST
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Our Cafe had been wanting to do something with our gorgeous organic vegan food scraps for some time now, other than pay someone to haul it away and compost it that is. We hooked up a chicken farmer from February of this year until now, and he has decided that he will be moving on from his farm soon. We have another fellow who picks up for his pig farm currently, but can only make it out once a week.
The key issue is the amount we generate: 50 gallons of this a day. I'm sure there will be plenty of people reading this ad who would love a bucket or two for their compost pile, but what we're looking for is someone who can reliably haul this away twice a week for the foreseeable future so we're not paying to waste it.
It seems like the perfect fit for it would be (a) a small farm that creates its own compost or (b) a pig or chicken farm. Joe loved it and it worked out great for him, plus saved him a bundle on feed. There are inedible things like napkins or paper cups that go in, but the animals have picked around it and left the rest for the compost pile. Offhand, I'd break down our standard compost thusly:
* 30% fruit/vegetable pulp from the juicer (the best stuff ever)
* 30% kitchen scraps (rice & quinoa, vegetable parts, etc.)
* 10% leftover food from customers
* 10% questionable consumables (citrus, banana peels, onion peels)
* 10% coffee grounds
* 10% misc. paper products: napkins, coffee cups, to go boxes, etc.
Please email me if you have any questions or are interested!
Thank you,
Chris Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe
* Location: University District
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