Humboldt County, California

Soil food from spoiled food.

We pick up food waste from North Coast businesses, ferment it in sealed containers, and return it to local soil as an amendment that crops love.

Set up weekly pickup How fermentation works

Two rows of young brassica plants in a garden bed. The plants in the right-hand row are roughly twice the size of those in the left-hand row. — Two rows in the same bed. The row on the right went into soil amended with LAF. The row on the left went into the same soil without it.

20,000 tonsof food waste leave our region every year

The nutrients are already here. We want to harness them for good.

Nearly all of the North Coast's food waste is hauled out of the area. That costs money and burns diesel, and local soil never sees the nutrients again.

Lactic acid fermentation lets us keep it here. The process is sealed and has no odor, and what comes out goes straight back into the ground nearby.

From kitchen to field

We collect
Your staff fill a sealed barrel with food scraps. We pick it up every week.
We ferment
The food waste is inoculated with beneficial bacteria and ferments in a closed container for 3 weeks.
Soil gets fed
The finished amendment goes to farms and gardens here on the North Coast.