-: The comp lifting part is like part of when,
I had known even from my time at Temple
that what I wanted to do was try to have my own business.
But I also knew that I wanted to have a business
that I felt did more than just make money.
That it was part of a bigger kind of like
doing some good in the world, and so,
I feel with this business I get that.
I get the opportunity to want to decrease
the amount of food waste that goes to landfills which,
food waste landfills is a big contributor to
greenhouse gases and global warming,
and so that's, like, and helping to educate people
about the benefits of it is really good
and has tangible benefits and also,
making the compost of the product is empowering for people.
I mean watching people who may have never
grown a tomato before, like use your,
soil or your compost to grow a tomato that
they eat themselves is like, the expression
on their faces is priceless.
So I think, you get all of these kinda like,
other ancillary benefits that for me,
you know, there are people who go out there
and they start a business, and their job,
and all they want to do is just make as much money.
And they'll do their good other places.
That's a great model for them but for me
it was important that I felt like my work
was also meaningful, and so that's part of what
this business does for me.
But I'm also very realistic about like,
you need to make money to survive as a business, you need to
pay your bills, you have employees
who need to pay their bills.
I think being a, doing it in a business structure
forces you to be kinda very disciplined, and kinda creative,
and really puts a value, make you really find
the value that people place in the work you do and so,
for what we do it just works really well for me.