Our compost services opened up to restaurants and residence in the Mt. Washington/Anderson area. It was slow to start, but as they say, Rome was not built in a day. However, I was able to compost 118 lbs of food waste this months! Hopefully, it will only increase from this point on.
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Momentum for the business is beginning to pick up. We are up to 10 lbs of worms in the bed and have been experimenting with food waste processing time (thanks to the help of Queen City Commons). Construction began on a hoop house to protect the worms from the elements and I am continuing build portions of the bed. Back2TheDirt was also able to improve its online presence, including this website, now you can make secure purchases through our "Products & Services" page.
In April, I returned to Cincinnati and began building the bed that would house the worms. I looked at a myriad of designs and decided to base the bed on the "Continuous Flow Through" systems commonly found in other worm casting operations. The bottom of the bed is composed of grates, allowing the worm castings to fall through during harvesting. (We shall see how well this goes in the fall!). One other essential element is the shape of the bed. It will be constructed in a loop. Throughout the year the worms will migrate around the loop, following the fresh food waste and leaving worm castings behind.
The journey of Back2TheDirt commenced when the company won the "Hamilton County Waste Innovation Grant." The funds allowed me to turn my idea of a worm-composting business into a reality. I will be scaling up from a 1-2 lb worm bin in my apartment to eventually 100+ lbs of worms in a 300 sqft space.
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