Who We Are
Mother's Organics operates a humus
farm in Thonotosassa, Florida. At this facility,
we receive organic materials such as yard debris, tree
trimmings, scalpings, grass and leaves, stumps and other
clean wood material from the community, commercial entities
and municipalities. We separate, process, and blend the
material to produce humus, mulches and other soil amendment
products through controlled composting processes. Our
goal is very simply to recycle all organic material that
we receive into useable, stable and high quality soil amendment
products utilizing the most responsible and environmentally
friendly processes.
Our Farm
We've taken great care to develop
a first class facility in terms of operational efficiency,
aesthetic beauty and environmental responsibility to positively
impact our neighbors and our community. In addition,
we have developed a site that provides the size and scope
to effectively handle large quantities of material for
both daily operations and storm surges. Our farm
is fully engineered, designed and constructed to exceed
FDEP requirements and Florida Administrative Code statutes
for yard waste composting facilities under Florida Regulations,
FDEP 62-709.
Our Thonotosassa facility is approximately 52 acres.
The unique geology of the site provides an approximate
fifteen foot solid layer of clay, which provides an impervious
surface for total site water control when combined with
our drainage systems and water retention ponds. The
facility includes a 35 foot tall by 300 foot wide grade
separation wall that divides the tipping area above from
the processing area below. This grade separation
provides a distinct demarcation between the customer
traffic and tipping floor activities and the processing
and composting areas. The lower grade elevation
of the processing area shelters the visual, noise and
odor elements of our operation from the community. In
addition, the front entrance of the farm is camouflaged
by sod-covered berms covered with landscaping that provides
an aesthetically pleasing view from the exterior of our
facility.
The tipping slab is an approximate 15,000 square foot
concrete slab which provides us the ability to handle
numerous trucks simultaneously. We have an extensive
fire suppression system and full access roads along the
entire boundary of the site.
Our farm has been designed and constructed to exceed
all expectations of what a responsible composting facility
should encompass.
