
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.
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Jul 1, 2026
Voices of Florida Farmers: Building a Circular Bioeconomy
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9:04Courtney GergesGUEST
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.

Lynette SobelGUEST
So anything that's considered a waste in one system is just a resource for another system.

Lynette SobelGUEST
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.
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16:46Courtney GergesGUEST
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