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Lynette Sobel

Lynette Sobel

Founder & CEO of Fertile Earth Worm Farm, a commercial composting operation in South Florida; Doctor of Plant Medicine specializing in sustainable agriculture and soil health.

Jul 1, 2026

9:04
So Lynette, can you tell us about what you do? Because a lot of what you do is also, you know, building up the soil and being able to take organic matter and turn it into organic matter again for crop production.
9:18
Definitely.
9:20
So in terms of circularity, to me, it's not waste until we waste it.
9:24
So anything that's considered a waste in one system is just a resource for another system.
9:29
And what we do is we take food that is deemed waste.
9:32
undesirable for whatever reason, and we send it to the highest and best use.
9:36
So for instance, I just came from the farm today and we received 24 pallets of romaine lettuce and two pallets of grapes, all destined to be destroyed via composting.

7 MINS LATER

16:46
It seems to make economic sense even, right? So why is this not the standard practice? So let's talk a little bit about the challenges that you face and how this doesn't happen

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