Schmelly's Dirt Farm

Schmelly's Dirt Farm We know what it means to sniff New Orleans. Recycling organic material into compost so you can grow healthy food. Smell ya later!

We also seek to dismantle & compost racism, patriarchy & the gender binary. We envision a city with healthy soil and people empowered to grow & share good food. Schmelly’s is an organics recycling company that produces high-quality compost and soil products for the farmers & gardeners of Greater New Orleans. Since 2014, we have composted over 7 million pounds of organic material. Schmelly’s transf

orms New Orleans’ food scraps into healthy soil while fostering meaningful, uplifting, living-wage jobs. Our vision is to work together to examine and dismantle social constructs of oppression such as racism, patriarchy, and the gender binary by building the capacity of co-workers to communicate across differences in a democratic work environment.

delivery availability paused till May! 🚚 we gotta cure our next batches of compost & repair our machines (and our bodies...
04/06/2026

delivery availability paused till May! 🚚 we gotta cure our next batches of compost & repair our machines (and our bodies 🥴)

May appointments available on our website! 🗓️

Dirt Farm Tour! 🌻 Tue April 7 @ 2pm 🌱 free! open invite, bring yr pals & some snacks. we'll cover our history, basics of...
03/30/2026

Dirt Farm Tour! 🌻 Tue April 7 @ 2pm 🌱 free! open invite, bring yr pals & some snacks. we'll cover our history, basics of large-scale composting, soil production, & surviving the economic collapse of capitalism & hetero-patriarchy. tour will last approx 45min to hourish depending on questions. if you can't make it, don't worry! we'll do it again soon! 💚💋

open "drop-in" hours every saturday march-may, 830am-1pm 💫 8301 Olive St, look for the sign on our gate 🖼️ compost, gard...
03/11/2026

open "drop-in" hours every saturday march-may, 830am-1pm 💫 8301 Olive St, look for the sign on our gate 🖼️ compost, garden soil, pine straw, *limited mulch

delivery appointments are filling up! if you've been thinking about making an appt, do it soon as wait times are increas...
03/11/2026

delivery appointments are filling up! if you've been thinking about making an appt, do it soon as wait times are increasing. we'll do what we can to keep up!

open today! sat 3/7 8:30 till 1pm 🌹 soil, compost, pine straw 🌱 we're low on basic brown mulch but got a lil
03/07/2026

open today! sat 3/7 8:30 till 1pm 🌹 soil, compost, pine straw 🌱 we're low on basic brown mulch but got a lil

🍄 get ready for spring 🌱🪺 drop-in hours this Sat Feb 21, 8:30am-12:30pm 🪴 fresh compost, garden soil, mulch & pine straw...
02/20/2026

🍄 get ready for spring 🌱🪺 drop-in hours this Sat Feb 21, 8:30am-12:30pm 🪴 fresh compost, garden soil, mulch & pine straw 🐛 schmell ya later

open Sat Feb 7 - no appt needed 🌈 8:30am till 12:30pm 🌟 compost 🌻 garden soil 🌱 pine straw 🍂 mulch 🍄 come see us!
02/05/2026

open Sat Feb 7 - no appt needed 🌈 8:30am till 12:30pm 🌟 compost 🌻 garden soil 🌱 pine straw 🍂 mulch 🍄 come see us!

🌱 open hours jan 10 & 24! ⌚8:30am-12:30pm 🛻 come get it: compost, garden soil, mulch, pine straw! 👩‍🌾
01/08/2026

🌱 open hours jan 10 & 24! ⌚8:30am-12:30pm 🛻 come get it: compost, garden soil, mulch, pine straw! 👩‍🌾

come see us Sat! 🤎 open hours 9am till noon 🌈 Open hours on Dec 13 & 27. appointments available other days. check the we...
12/12/2025

come see us Sat! 🤎 open hours 9am till noon 🌈 Open hours on Dec 13 & 27. appointments available other days. check the website for details 💻

We planted dozens of trees this weekend with residents of the Faubourg Marigny 🌳💚👩‍🌾 Big shout out to Ryan & all the vo...
12/09/2025

We planted dozens of trees this weekend with residents of the Faubourg Marigny 🌳💚👩‍🌾 Big shout out to Ryan & all the volunteers who made it happen 🌟 Let's make more shade in our city!

come see us! 🌱 no appointment needed! 🌳 Sat Nov 29, 9am till noon ✨ pine straw funnn
11/28/2025

come see us! 🌱 no appointment needed! 🌳 Sat Nov 29, 9am till noon ✨

pine straw funnn

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8301 Olive Street
New Orleans, LA
70118

Telephone

(504) 535-4769

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