Fertile Earth Worm Farm

What Fertile Earth Worm Farm does

Fertile Earth Worm Farm is a privately held Florida-based composting services company operating under the legal entity Ecosante Consulting LLC, headquartered in Homestead with commercial pickup service across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and the Florida Keys. Its core offering combines large-scale aerobic composting and vermicomposting (worm-based) processing conducted across 66+ acres of farm land and a network of 5 farm partners, using state-of-the-art equipment to handle commercial and municipal organic waste volumes. The company layers on a data tracking and reporting capability that provides clients with real-time and yearly waste diversion and carbon savings metrics, plus a waste stream analysis diagnostic, supporting B2B and B2G ESG reporting obligations.

The business operates four service pillars: Commercial (B2B pickup for restaurants, offices, and venues), Municipal/Institutional (B2G contracts for cities and institutions, including a 2026 Miami-Dade County pilot), Residential (free community drop-off hubs under the "Everglades Earth Cycle" program across Pinecrest, Miami Beach, Homestead, and additional neighborhoods), and Farm & Agricultural (partner farms and soil amendment production). A retail line — premium compost, worm castings, custom soil blends, worms, and the "Earth Machine" home composter — is sold through shop.fertileearth.net, and the Surplus Food Re-Distribution Program extends community engagement. The company is founder-led by Dr. Lanette Sobel (LEED AP, M.S., D.P.M.) and reports 16+ years of operating history with 30+ million pounds of cumulative waste diverted.

The go-to-market blends enterprise field sales (Request a Commercial Quote and Request a Municipal Proposal CTAs targeting multi-year contracts) with a community-led, free drop-off model that doubles as feedstock collection for commercial operations, supplemented by an e-commerce storefront. Revenue derives from fee-based commercial and municipal pickup services, product sales, and government pilot awards; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Selected as one of three winners in Miami-Dade County's fifth public innovation challenge (November 2025), Fertile Earth is positioned to pilot waste diversion technologies for the county starting in 2026, aligning with the county's Zero Waste Master Plan and 40% landfill reduction target.

Name

Fertile Earth Worm Farm

Legal name

Ecosante Consulting LLC

Website

https://compostsouthflorida.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fertile Earth Worm Farm is a Homestead, Florida-based commercial composting company operating 66+ acres and a 5-farm partner network to provide B2B, municipal, residential, and farm organic waste diversion services across South Florida, with a retail product line and a 2026 Miami-Dade County pilot.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Composting Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Composting (Windrow, Aerated Static Pile, In-Vessel) (EUAIAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Composting Facility Operations (Windrow, ASP, In-Vessel) (BPALAEAB), Compost & Vermicompost (AFABAKAC), Organics & Composting Programs (Food Waste, Green Waste) (BPABALAC), Compost Product Distribution, Retail & Landscape Supply (Bulk/Bagged) (BPALAEAI), Compost & Compost Blends (AFABADAE)

Keywords

• Commercial composting services
• Organic waste diversion
• Vermicomposting products
• Soil amendments production
• Municipal recycling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Homestead

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Commercial Composting Services (B2B): Fee-based pick-up and processing of food scraps/organic waste for restaurants, offices, and venues across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and the Florida Keys. Sold via custom quotes for high-volume operations.
2. Municipal & Institutional Composting (B2G): Contract-based organic waste processing and diversion services for Miami-Dade cities and institutions; proposals requested through dedicated municipal sales motion.
3. Product Sales (Compost, Worm Castings, Soil Blends, Worms): E-commerce sales of premium compost, worm castings, custom soil blends, and worms via shop.fertileearth.net, plus sale of "Earth Machine" home composting units.
4. Residential Drop-off Hubs (Free Community Service): Free drop-off hubs for residents under the "Everglades Earth Cycle" community program; no direct revenue from residential drop-off but supports commercial feedstock collection network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fertile Earth Worm Farm operates South Florida's longest-running commercial composting service, diverting food scraps and organic waste from landfills via large-scale vermicomposting and aerobic composting across 66+ acres and a 5-farm partner network. The company sells finished soil amendments (compost, worm castings, custom soil blends, worms) and the Earth Machine home bin through its e-commerce shop, while providing waste stream analysis, ESG reporting, and pilot waste diversion services to commercial, municipal, and residential customers across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and the Florida Keys.

Product overview

Fertile Earth Worm Farm operates a unified composting services platform anchored by a central worm-farm operation in Homestead, Florida, with four service pillars (Commercial, Municipal, Residential, and Farm composting) that together divert organic waste and produce soil amendments. The Commercial pillar is a B2B/B2G pickup service with waste analysis and ESG reporting; the Municipal pillar serves cities and institutions; the Residential pillar is delivered through the Everglades Earth Cycle program of free drop-off hubs across Miami-Dade neighborhoods; and the Farm pillar partners with five farms across 66+ acres. These services feed the retail product line sold through the Fertile Earth shop — Earth Machine home bins, Premium Compost, Worm Castings, and Soil Blends — and extend into community programming such as the Surplus Food Re-Distribution Program and the 2026 Miami-Dade Innovation Challenge waste diversion pilot.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Everglades Earth Cycle: Free community drop-off composting program operated across Miami-Dade neighborhoods including Pinecrest, Miami Beach, and Homestead.

Products and services

• Commercial Composting B2B pickup service for restaurants, offices, and venues across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and the Florida Keys. Includes waste stream analysis, ESG/carbon savings reporting, and large-scale processing capacity via state-of-the-art equipment and a 5-farm partner network across 66+ acres. Sold via custom quotes through a 'Request a Commercial Quote' motion.
• Municipal & Institutional Composting B2G composting service for Miami-Dade cities, counties, and institutions, providing organic waste processing, soil blend creation, and waste diversion reporting to support municipal sustainability programs. Proposals requested via a dedicated 'Request a Municipal Proposal' sales motion and supported by a 2026 pilot contract won through the Miami-Dade public innovation challenge.
• Residential Composting (Everglades Earth Cycle) Free community drop-off hubs for Miami-Dade residents across neighborhoods including Pinecrest (Evelyn Greer Park), Miami Beach (85th & Collins), and Homestead (Farm Entrance), with additional hubs being added. Operated under the Everglades Earth Cycle sub-brand.
• Farm & Agricultural Composting On-farm composting and agricultural soil solutions for South Florida, partnering with 5 farms across 66+ acres of farmland to co-produce compost and soil amendments that supplement the Homestead, FL flagship operation.
• Premium Compost Organic, nutrient-rich compost produced from diverted organic waste at Fertile Earth's Homestead, FL farm and sold direct to consumers and small businesses through the shop.fertileearth.net e-commerce storefront.
• Worm Castings Natural fertilizer produced by worms as a byproduct of the vermicomposting process, sold direct to consumers and gardeners through the Fertile Earth shop.
• Soil Blends Custom soil mixtures developed from compost and other amendments, sold direct to consumers and small businesses through the Fertile Earth shop for landscaping and gardening applications.
• Earth Machine Consumer home-composting bin retailed through the Fertile Earth shop, enabling residents to start composting organic waste at home.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ million pounds of waste diverted from landfills to date
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Miami-Dade CountyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Miami-Dade County selected Fertile Earth as one of three startup winners of its fifth public innovation challenge. The company will pilot waste diversion technologies in Miami-Dade starting in 2026, focused on processing organic waste, creating organic soil blends, and educating residents. The pilot will inform the county's Zero Waste Master Plan and support its goal to reduce landfill waste by at least 40%.
• 5 Farm Partners (unnamed network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 5 farm partners integrated across Fertile Earth's 66+ acres of farm land to operate large-scale composting capacity. The partner farms co-produce compost and soil amendments that supplement the Homestead, FL flagship operation.
• Carbon Cycler Partners (unnamed network)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNamed as "Carbon Cycler partners" spread across Miami-Dade neighborhoods, supporting the residential drop-off and waste diversion network alongside the company's own community hubs.
• Ecosante Consulting LLCflagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerFertile Earth Worm Farm operates under the copyright of Ecosante Consulting LLC (© 2026 Ecosante Consulting LLC). Ecosante appears to be the parent/operating entity holding rights to the Fertile Earth brand and website assets.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Recology: Recology is a major employee-owned waste and organics hauler with municipal contracts across the West Coast, providing a comparable commercial organics diversion and composting service as part of a much larger integrated waste portfolio.
• Denali Water Solutions: Denali is a large-scale organics recycling and composting operator serving food manufacturers and municipalities across the U.S., representing the broader-incumbent tier that competes with regional composters for large B2B and B2G contracts.
• Waste Management (Organics Services): Waste Management's Organic Services division offers large-scale commercial and municipal organics collection and processing, making it the dominant broad incumbent whose route density and pricing power could pressure regional composters like Fertile Earth.

Regional players

• Tilth Alliance: Tilth Alliance is a Seattle-based nonprofit operating community composting and education programs, comparable to Fertile Earth's residential drop-off and community programming model but in a different U.S. region.

Direct peers

• CompostNow: CompostNow runs a subscription-based residential and commercial compost pickup service across the Southeast U.S., making it a direct competitor to Fertile Earth's recurring B2B and B2G service model with a heavier tech/software layer.
• Atlas Organics: Atlas Organics is a regional commercial and municipal organics hauler and composter operating in multiple U.S. states, directly comparable to Fertile Earth's B2G/B2B managed-services business at somewhat larger scale.
• Bootstrap Compost: Bootstrap Compost operates commercial and residential compost pickup services in the NYC metro area, closely mirroring Fertile Earth's B2B pickup plus community drop-off model with finished soil products sold as a side line.
• Black Earth Compost: Black Earth Compost operates commercial food-waste pickup and residential subscription composting in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with a comparable mix of B2B services, drop-off sites, and bagged soil product sales.
• Veteran Compost: Veteran Compost is a regional commercial composter in the Mid-Atlantic serving restaurants, institutions, and municipalities, with a similar vertically integrated model of pickup plus finished compost and soil product sales.
• EcoRich Compost: EcoRich runs commercial food-waste collection and composting for restaurants and institutions, with a similar emphasis on providing diversion reporting to business customers in a defined regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FertileEarthWormFarm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fertile-earth-worm-farm

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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