Schmelly's Dirt Farm

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Schmelly's Dirt Farm

Pickin up the schmelly stuff for Greater New Orleans. Compost pickup & delivery. We recycle organic material into compost so you can grow healthy food.

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.

06/14/2025

latest update

06/03/2025

We endorse Erica Johnson 🌟 for Crescent Soil & Water Conservation District (CSWCD) Board of Supervisors

🗳️ Please vote Sat June 14 🗳️

Bring your ID to one of the polling locations listed on the 3rd slide of this post. thank you!!! 🪏👩‍🌾

05/29/2025

summer slowdown 🐌 we're limited in supply of our finished compost after a very busy spring season. starting in June, all sales will be by appointment only. please be patient if you put in an order request, we'll get back to you soon ✨

05/15/2025

USDA cancels grant meant to expand composting in New Orleans

article by Eva Tesfaye, WWNO

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $400,000 grant that would have expanded composting in New Orleans. It's the first grant received by the city's Office of Resilience and Sustainability that's been cancelled."

affected orgs:

03/24/2025

it feels like spring just cascaded down upon us, and here we are: the flowers are in bloom, and more are coming 🪻
schmelly's is open to the public every Sat 9am-1pm. pickup appointments for weekdays can be made from our website. deliveries? yup, send us your request from the form online ▶️ you know the deal: ✨link in bio✨
love you, new orleans 💖

02/28/2025

HMG! closed Sat Mar 1 for all garden material sales (soil, compost, mulch, etc.)

FYI we will still pickup food scrap compost from our restaurant & cafe clients Saturday

regular hours restart after Mardi Gras

have funnnnn! 💫💚💜💛

02/20/2025

winter so far...

02/13/2025

we'll take em! Saturday 9am-1pm or by appointments only 💫 no dumping 🚫 here's the scoop: make an appointment from our website -- option to drop-off your yard scraps or we can pickup.

THERE IS A FEE for this service so we can support our operation & pay our employees a living wage. so NO DUMPING please 🙏 DM if u have questions 🌎 love ya

02/04/2025

need some fast draining soil for a rain garden? ⛲🏡 we've got backstock of our Rain Garden Soil available on discount @ $30/cu.yard. place your order thru our website for delivery or pickup. SCHMELL YA LATER 👃

01/21/2025

come see us! ❄️
Jan+Feb hours...
* drop-in:
saturdays 9am-1pm
* pickup appointments:
tue, thu, fri, sat mornings
* delivery appointments:
tuesdays + fridays

01/04/2025

jan books open. head to schmellys.com to place your order & make an appointment 🔗💚

12/23/2024

our carbon feedstock is full of mycelium these days, much thanks to they have become a fantastic partner in our journey to create even better compost, exploring how to work with mycelium in our static window systems.

DM us know if you want to nerd out about microbes & compost!

Address

8301 Olive Street
New Orleans, LA
70118

Telephone

(504) 535-4769

Website

http://schmellys.com/

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We envision a city with healthy soil and people empowered to grow & share good food. Schmelly's offers compost pickup for Greater New Orleans commercial food service industries, residential pickup for groups of 5 or more households in close proximity, supernatural ultra primo garden soil & compost for all kinds of growers, and delivery right to your farm or backyard. We also love community compost programs and offer consulting & logistics for anyone who needs it.