Whole Foods store to convert waste to fertilizer

[Sherman A1]

Whole Foods Market’s store in Bellevue, Wash., is expected to announce an agreement to deploy a new processor that turns food waste into organic fertilizer to be sold to farmers and consumers.

The WISErg Harvester unit, a composter built by Redmond, Wash,-based WISErg, is to be installed at a Whole Foods’ store in Bellevue, Wash., in early May. The unit will enable the store to reduce food waste in a sustainable way, and provide data reports to help the store better manage perishable inventory, WISErg said.

In addition to recycling food scraps, reducing waste and decreasing shrinkage, the store will sell WISErganic organic liquid fertilizer.

“Our partnership with WISErg is another example of our commitment to the community and the environment,” Dena Hastings, regional green mission specialist for Whole Foods, said in a statement. “We can help to create a virtuous circle of food consumption and production, with nearby growers using organic fertilizer made from food scraps that originate in our store.”


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[liberal N proud]

1. I am sure the chemical fertilizer giants will put a stop to this

They will lobby legislatures to ban the use of organic waste as fertilizer. That is just how our society works. Now with the SCOTUS decision about free speech being dollars, what chance does someone who wants to do right have?

[Sherman A1]

4. Perhaps

or they will find a means of getting themselves into the market through new initiatives or buyouts.

[homegirl]

2. Won't bring me back

as a Whole Foods customer. When Whole Foods cut employees hours so they would not have to provide health insurance was the day I decided to never shop there again, and I haven't.

[Sherman A1]

3. While I agree

with your point of view on Whole Foods, I applaud their effort on this topic and hope it spreads to other chains.

[xfundy]

5. It's kind of a no-brainer.

Nothing is better as fertilizer than returning natural elements to augment the soil. That said, Whore Foods is just seeing an opportunity for more $$$. I still won't shop there, though, as they're run by a typical RW asshole.

[Javaman]

6. I think they could have done this years ago, if...

they just hooked up the machine to mackey's mouth.