Kochergen Farms Composting

What Kochergen Farms Composting does

Kochergen Farms Composting, Inc. is a private California-incorporated composting operation founded in 2001 and headquartered at PO Box 11006, Fresno, CA. The company operates an organic materials management facility that accepts food waste, green waste (yard waste), and clean wood as feedstocks and converts them into nutrient-rich compost, serving farmers, gardeners, landscapers, and commercial operations across Central California and the broader Western United States. It employs 51–100 people and is independently owned with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or subsidiaries.

The company's core technology is a closed-loop organic materials processing system that pairs waste-stream intake with finished-compost output from a single Fresno site. The product is differentiated by three independent certifications that qualify its compost for organic and California fertilizer end-uses: STA (U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance), OMRI listing (Organic Materials Review Institute), and CDFA registration (California Department of Food and Agriculture). Customer-facing digital infrastructure consists of the company website and a PayWholesail-powered customer portal for account and order management; no proprietary mobile app, API, or AI capability is documented.

The business model is direct-to-consumer with two revenue streams: one-time compost sales (delivered by truckload or picked up at the Fresno facility by appointment) and recurring organic materials management/processing services for food waste, green waste, and clean wood streams. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is regional and asset-heavy, relying on truckload delivery and on-site pickup; marketing is concentrated on the company website with sustainability and quality-certification messaging. The "For the farmer. By the farmer." brand positioning targets the agricultural community, and customer segments are organized horizontally rather than by named enterprise accounts.

Name

Kochergen Farms Composting

Legal name

Kochergen Farms Composting, Inc.

Website

https://kochergenfarmscomposting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kochergen Farms Composting, Inc., founded in 2001 and headquartered in Fresno, California, converts food waste, green waste, and clean wood into STA-, OMRI-, and CDFA-certified compost. It sells by truckload delivery or on-site pickup to farmers, gardeners, landscapers, and commercial operations across Central California and the Western United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Waste Composting Services

NAICS

Compost Manufacturing (325315), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Composting Facility Operations (Windrow, ASP, In-Vessel) (BPALAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compost Product Distribution, Retail & Landscape Supply (Bulk/Bagged) (BPALAEAI), Compost & Soil Amendment Product Manufacturing/Blending (Value-Added Organics) (BPALAEAH), Compost & Compost Blends (AFABADAE), Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF)

Keywords

• Organic waste composting
• Compost supply services
• Organic materials management
• Sustainable agriculture inputs
• Green waste recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Fresno

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Compost Sales: Sale of certified, nutrient-rich compost to farmers, gardeners, and commercial operations in Central California and Western United States. Product sold by truckload for delivery or customer pickup.
2. Organic Materials Management Services: Processing services for food waste, green waste, and clean wood materials from various sources, converting waste materials into compost products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Kochergen Farms Composting operates an organic materials management facility in Fresno, California, that accepts food waste, green waste, and clean wood and converts them into certified, nutrient-rich compost through a closed-loop processing system. The company sells the resulting compost to farmers, gardeners, and commercial operations across Central California and the Western United States via truckload delivery or on-site pickup.

Product overview

Kochergen Farms Composting offers a two-part service portfolio centered on sustainable organic waste management and premium compost products. The core offerings are Organic Materials Management (accepting food waste, green waste, and clean wood) and Compost Delivery (supplying certified, nutrient-rich compost to Central California). The company also provides a Customer Portal for account and order management. Together, these services form a closed-loop system from waste collection through compost production and distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organic Materials Management

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Recology: San Francisco Bay Area-based integrated waste and organics recycler that operates composting facilities producing STA- and OMRI-listed compost. Comparable as a California-based competitor in organics processing and finished compost sales, but operates at much greater scale and across multiple waste streams.
• Waste Management Inc. Largest North American waste-hauler with significant organics recycling, composting, and renewable energy operations. Comparable as a competitor for organics feedstock and finished compost market share; not specialized in Kochergen's agricultural niche.
• Republic Services: One of the largest US waste-hauling companies with a growing organics processing and compost product line. Comparable because it competes for the same organics feedstock streams and sells finished compost; differentiated by national scale and integrated hauling logistics.

Regional players

• LSA Recycling / Athens Services: Southern California-based integrated waste and organics recycler with composting capability serving the LA basin. Comparable as a California-based competitor for food and green waste feedstock and finished compost supply to agriculture and landscaping.
• GreenWaste Recovery: Northern California-based organics and recyclables hauler with composting operations serving the Bay Area and Sacramento regions. Comparable as a California-based organics-to-compost operator; primarily competes in a different sub-region than Kochergen's Fresno-area footprint.

Direct peers

• Agromin: California-based compost manufacturer producing OMRI-listed compost from food and green waste for agricultural and landscape buyers. Directly comparable to Kochergen on geography, feedstock mix, customer base, and product positioning in the Southern California organic-amendment market.
• Atlas Organics: Regional organics recycler operating composting facilities that turn food and yard waste into finished compost. Comparable business model — feedstock tipping fees plus finished compost sales — with overlapping customer segments in agriculture and landscaping.
• Synagro Technologies: National organics recycling company that processes biosolids and food waste into compost and soil products, including in California. Comparable on feedstock acceptance, composting operations, and sales to agricultural end markets, though typically larger in scale and biosolids-focused.
• McGill Environmental Systems: Mid-Atlantic-based composting operator that accepts food waste, yard waste, and biosolids and produces finished compost for agricultural and landscape markets. Comparable on closed-loop feedstock-to-compost model and regulatory certifications, though geographically separate.

Emerging players

• Harvest Quest: Composting technology and services provider focused on turning organic residuals into soil amendments for agricultural and reclamation end markets. Comparable in the organics-to-soil-amendment value chain, though it emphasizes technology licensing rather than direct facility operation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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