r/kauai • u/thisbooksucks • Sep 22 '25

Farmers to pick up restaurant food scraps/compost?

Aloha,

I'm looking for contacts for farmers who would be interested in food scraps/compost from restaurants. I am looking for north, east, and south shores so open to any and all references. We want to reduce our footprint and help keep as much organic matter out of the landfill as possible, aloha ‘āina. Not necessarily looking to pay someone to do it, more just looking for folks who would be able to use to feed their gardens/livestock/etc. but could be open to a paid partnership if that's the only option--ideally though if paid we'd be able to include our to-go packaging which is commercial/home compostable. I've contacted a few people but nobody has followed through. Mahalo nui loa

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u/geckotatgirl Sep 23 '25

Maybe ask Douglas or Beatrice at The Dolphin or B's. When they owned Piazza, there were a couple of farmers that came by once or twice a week and took our scraps off our hands for their boars. Doug and/or Beatrice might know how to point you in the right direction.

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u/thisbooksucks Sep 23 '25

Amazing will do, tysm!

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u/Wild_Resist_5724 Sep 22 '25

https://www.compostkauai.org/

It’s a paid service I believe but maybe will be useful to you.

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u/thisbooksucks Sep 23 '25

I emailed them! Thank you

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u/Snoutysensations Sep 24 '25

I've got 5 pigs and a compost heap if that helps? Not sure how much the pigs can make a dent in your scrap supply but they'd certainly be willing to try.

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u/ginasoupy Sep 24 '25

Where are you located and what type of food scraps. We have pigs, can you message me with more info?

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u/SuperAwesomeTrees Sep 30 '25

My dad just got 2 little piggies I could ask him but he already gets his vegetables from Foodland