Marvin Duren started composting 35 years ago because it was good for the environment.
Today, he's helping Walmart do the same.
The owner of Marvin's Organic Gardens in Lebanon won a contract from the world's largest retailer to compost food waste from as many as 160 of its stores in Ohio. It's a major feat for the organic farmer, who founded the 75-acre operation in 1999 with a plan to dedicate one third of his land to composting.
Duren opened his organic farm the same day he sold his franchise of 24 local Waffle Houses. It'd been a dream since he completed a degree in agriculture from the University of Georgia in the 1970s. Organic farms have four major benefits, according to Duren: food safety, cost, results and simplicity.
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