About

The Good Dirt Company was established in 2007 to provide farmers with a real alternative to synthetic fertilisers. Based on our own experiences and those of countless other farmers we saw a need to develop a natural fertiliser. A fertiliser that would improve soil structure, deliver large quantities of  Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium and Calcium as well as trace elements in a carbon rich and biologically diverse form, and that's what BokashiFERT delivers.  

After extensive product development and trials the product known as BokashiFERT is our main product. This is a high analysis carbon rich fertiliser and is easily applied to new or existing pastures, crops or vines using a standard belt spreader.

The Good Dirt Company - Mission Statement

To povide primary producers with an organic fertiliser that is nutrient rich, promotes soil, plant and therefor animal health in a sustainable and affordable manner.

History

The Good Dirt Company was started by Dugald Buchanan in the Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia in 2007 and is today a large EPA licenced composting facility operating a Lethbridge, Victoria.

Dugalds experiences growing up and farming on the volcanic plains of Victoria led him in two quite different directions within agriculture.  One of which was passion for native grasses emdemic to the volcanic plains he grew up on, achieving a position of Native Grassland Officer for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, where he promoted the use and value of native grass within the Corangamite area.

Before being drawn back to sustainable agriculture.

Dugald also operated a contract sowing business called Precision Seeding, with a Conservatech No-Till Drill in 2000 sowing crops for farmers throughout South- west and Central Victoria for the next seven years.  

Dugald had first become interested in recycling and fertiliser while undertaking a diploma in Waste Management. This led to a second degree at RMIT and a major project with the Melbourne Zoo. This project involved extensive research into composting systems for organic waste streams, and began trials for the Zoo's first comoposting process. 

Now known as 'Zoo Poo'.