What We Do

Make Compost

Breaking New Grounds removes over 150 tons of organic waste from the Louisville-area waste stream per year. This is material that would otherwise languish in anaerobic heaps in our public landfills that instead is turned into rich, fertile soil...A healthy and sustainable platform for our local food economy.

Produce Vermicompost

After spent coffee grounds from Heine Bros.' Coffe, brewery grains from Brown Forman and wood chips from Limbwalker Tree Service are composted, we feed it to worms who make high-quality vermicompost—an all-natural fertilizer that is an important soil amendment in high-intensity sustainable agriculture practice.

Create Jobs

We've grown from an all-volunteer composting operation, into an operation employing two farmers and a full-time Executive Director. We've trained a number of urban farming interns, and intend to grow our presence in Louisville reducing the amount of organic waste that is 'thrown away,' while improving soil fertility for our local food enterprise.

From Our Blog

Our Vision

Louisville: A community which repurposes 100% of its organic "waste" for use in building the local food economy.