When we think of ideas on how to protect the environment, a lot of thoughts come up, but one thing most people are not too familiar with is using organic fertilizer.
Bear Creek Organics is a local red worm farm and organic fertilizer company located in the mountains of Bear Creek. The company produces a valuable fertilizer known as Pocono Worm Poop. As strange as it may sound, these worms are really quite beneficial.
“With the help of red worms, Bear Creek Organics is facilitating the recycling of organic waste and transforming this material into a valuable organic fertilizer,” said Richard Mitchell Jr., the company’s founder and owner. “We have been working closely with local businesses, communities and educational institutions to reduce the amount of organic material being sent to landfills and to reduce chemical fertilizer and pesticide use in our environment.”
Compost use has a variety of environmental benefits. By recycling, Bear Creek Organics is helping to reconnect the broken cycle of nature by diverting organic waste away from landfills and recycling the nutrients and energy back into the soil.
“We are trying to provide a new way to recycle,” Mitchell said. “Over the past three months alone, we have prevented more than 10,000 pounds of organic matter from entering our local landfills.”
Community involvement is crucial for the process to work. Bear Creek Organics hands out empty buckets with lids for families to use to collect kitchen scraps. These buckets are then collected once a week and brought to the facility to begin transformation into fertilizer. The organic waste that is collected is fed to the composting worms and then turned into worm poop or worm castings.
“The worm castings are packaged in re-used plastic buckets from Wegmans,” said Mitchell. “The production of our products has nearly zero impact on the environment and actually helps rescue valuable resources from being sent to landfills.”
Not only is this a great product for the environment, it’s perfect for gardeners that are looking to get the best out of their garden.
“Anne Poole, the head gardener at the Lands at Hillside Farms, said that our Worm Poop was the best organic fertilizer she has had the chance to work with,” said Mitchell.
For more information, you can visit Bear Creek Organics on Facebook or e-mail BearCreekOrganics@gmail.com. Their website, BearCreekOrganics.com, will be up and running soon.
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