Compost That Heals Your Soils
STA certified ERTH Food Compost, the compost that boosts microbial life, increases nutrient content, improves soil structure, balances pH, enhances water retention, and beautifies your landscaping project. Available in bulk and bags (32lbs) across Georgia.
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What is ERTH Food?
Many composts are a mixed bag, literally. Contaminated feedstocks, inconsistent inputs. Random feedstocks, inconsistent inputs, and no real guarantee that the product you receive this season performs anything like the last. ERTH Food Compost is different, and the difference starts before a single ingredient enters the process.
A Process Built Around Consistency
Manufactured in Plains, Georgia, using the USDA aerated static pile composting process, ERTH Food begins with two and only two feedstocks: Class-A biosolids sourced from municipal wastewater treatment facilities and peanut hulls. There's no variable organic inputs, no compromises on consistency. That controlled feedstock is what allows us to produce a compost that performs the same batch after batch—something rare in the compost industry.
The result of that process is an EPA Exceptional Quality certified compost, the highest classification available for compost products under EPA regulations. EQ certification means ERTH Food has been tested and verified to be free of pathogens and heavy metals and meets strict nutrient standards that make it safe and effective for every application, from residential compost to large-scale commercial and municipal projects. We are also STA certified through the U.S. Composting Council, with regular third-party laboratory testing documented and available on request.
What ERTH Food Does for Georgia Soils
For turf managers and landscape contractors across Georgia, the performance characteristics of ERTH Food as a lawn top dressing are what drive repeat orders. The product is naturally high in iron—delivering the deep, rich green color that makes treated turf immediately visible and that clients comment on. The microbial content builds pore space in Georgia's clay-heavy soils, improving air and water movement around root zones. Slow-release organic nitrogen cycles through the soil profile over time, producing turf that gets healthier with each successive application. ERTH Food Compost is available in bulk for landscape contractors, sports turf managers, golf course operations, and commercial projects throughout Georgia and the Southeast. For customers interested in top-dressing the lawn with compost, our team in Tyrone, GA, can assist with volume calculations, application guidance, and delivery logistics to your project site. This is the compost product that Georgia's most demanding turf professionals come back to, season after season.
Find Bulk Compost Near Me in Georgia
ERTH Food Compost is available through trusted distributors and bulk yards across Georgia and the Southeast.
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All You Need to Know
Compost top dressing is a thin layer of finished compost applied to the surface of an existing lawn. It feeds the soil, introducing microbial life, organic matter, and slow-release nutrients that improve root depth, drainage, and long-term turf health. ERTH Food Compost is EPA Exceptional Quality certified and specifically suited for this application in Georgia.
Apply ERTH Food at 1/4 to 1/2 inch across the turf surface, ideally after core aeration. For Georgia's climate, apply in spring or fall when warm-season grasses are actively growing. Top dressing your lawn with compost after aeration allows the material to work directly into the soil profile.
At a 1/4-inch depth, you'll need approximately 0.75 to 1 cubic yard of lawn compost top dressing per 1,000 square feet. Contact us for a volume estimate on larger projects.
In Georgia, the optimal windows for topdressing with compost are spring (April to May) and early fall (September to October) when warm-season grasses like Bermuda and Zoysia are actively growing. Avoid peak summer stress or winter dormancy.
Yes. ERTH Food Compost introduces organic matter and microbial activity that helps thin or bare areas recover by improving the soil environment for seed germination and root establishment. For best results, topdress with compost and overseed simultaneously.
It's one of the most effective approaches available. Adding compost for grass to Georgia clay introduces organic matter that loosens soil structure, improves drainage and aeration, and creates pathways for root growth. Benefits compound with each application.