California Safe Soil has announced that it has entered a long-term lease with McClellan Business Park for the construction of the new Facility designed to recycle up to 32,000 tons of organics per year.
The new facility will make use of the "Compost 2.0" technology that utilizes a product called "Harvest to Harvest" (H2H). H2H is a drought-friendly product that only takes up to three hours to produce. This breakthrough product developed by the California Safe Soil turns food from the Supermarket that can no longer be sold or donated and turn it into liquid fertilizers for farms.
"The Sacramento region is in the forefront of developing new agricultural technologies and improving the sustainability of agriculture. Not only is Sacramento the 'Farm to Fork' capital, but with CSS's new technology, we're now the 'Fork to Farm' capital," said Larry Kelly, President of McClellan Park. "We're committed to playing a constructive role in the sustainable development of our community. This agreement is a further affirmation of McClellan's attraction as a premier regional business park. We look forward to CSS's successful development at their McClellan Park site."
According to the press release of CSS in Business Wire, food products to be turned into liquid fertilizers will be provided by Save Mart Supermarkets. The facility is expected to launch in the Spring of 2016 and will generate 38 "green collar" jobs as well as produce enough H2H for 128,000 acres of sustainable local California agriculture. The new Facility also has a small environmental footprint, with no significant air emissions, liquid effluent, solid wastes, or nuisance odors, and will recycle essentially 100% of the organics it takes in.
"Save Mart and McClellan Park are great partners for CSS. Save Mart is a leader in resource management and recycling in the retail industry--and was among the first to compost its unsalable food waste. For their part, McClellan Park has done an exemplary job recycling a Cold War era U.S. Air Force Base into a thriving business community. They are a perfect fit to host our new Facility," said Dan Morash, Founder of California Safe Soil.
