The people of Close the Loop!-NEK

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Highfields Center for Composting works closely with private food scrap haulers, composters and the waste management district in order to create the compost infrastructure for Close the Loop!-NEK

Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District

The NEKWMD hauls food waste from recycling centers throughout the Northeast Kingdom to a transfer station where they are collected by a local composter. There are currently 9 recycling centers within the NEKWMD with the option for composting (see residential food scrap drop offs).

Wiseworm Farm

Nicole and Terrance Lapointe, with their son Matty Nicole and Terrance Lapointe of Wiseworm Farm have a small scale composting operation in East Burke. Terrance self-hauls food scraps from the NEKWMD transfer station in Lyndonville as well as Burke Mountain and Burke Mountain Academy. Depending on the season, Wiseworm processes between 3000 and 5000 pounds of food scraps a week. Finished compost is used in the garden and greenhouses to grow crops for the family and local CSAs.

Ben Zabriskie (ZAELLC)

Ben Zabriskie of Zabriskie Agricultural Enterprises has been privately contracted by Highfields to haul food scraps for Close the Loop!-NEK and LMV. Ben hauls food waste to Kingdom View Compost in Lyndonville, VT where it is processed by farmer and composter, Eric Paris.

Kingdom View Compost at Tamarlane Farm

Eric Paris, owner and operator of Tamarlane Farm and Kingdom View Compost has been a partner with CTL-NEK! since 2003. Kingdom View Compost of Lyndonville, VT receives about 8 tons of food scraps per week from 16 regional food scrap generators including schools, businesses and other institutions. The Paris’ operation includes an organic dairy farm, a restaurant, and a NOFA certified organic compost facility. Half of the compost produced is applied to the farm’s pastures and crop fields to fertilize the land. The remaining finished compost is sold to community members and donated to community schools and gardens.

Winchester Farm

Tom Gilbert, Winchester Farm Tom Gilbert, former Highfields executive director and avid composter, collects food scraps from Lakeview Union School, Four Seasons of Early Learning, Smith’s Store and Greensboro Recycling Center. Tom also has a food scrap drop off at his house in Stannard. Food scraps are fed to laying hens in Tom’s small, yet effective, chicken compost system.