https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2026/10/19/how-a-family-owned-business-in-the-south-end-turns-food-scraps-into-compost https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/dj8ecvlq/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7634.jpg Gabe Morelli, operations manager of Cedar Grove Maple Valley, places his hands in a mound of curing compost. The mound is about four stories high. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/jy6v569j/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7634.jpg Gabe Morelli, operations manager of Cedar Grove Maple Valley, places his hands in a mound of curing compost. The mound is about four stories high. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/gt9smr3s/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-courtesy-of-Cedar-Grove-003.jpg John Stephan Banchero I, founder of Seattle Disposal and the Banchero/Malshuk Family companies, in Seattle in 1938. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/4jhbnre3/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7834.jpg Gabe Morelli removes contaminants from the feedstock. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/c93d77jy/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7289.jpg Feedstock piled into mounds. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/os3fzh1j/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7308.jpg Cedar Grove Maple Valley site map. The "pie" is the circular form just left of center at the top of the photo. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/z959tgoy/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7798.jpg The Gore cover system. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/zmwvo90q/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7638.jpg The kraken. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/dbcqk98v/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7831.jpg Nick Blanchette, Cedar Grove, Maple Valley facility manager, shows how the composted material is separated. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-19/jtib4ibd/2026-10.14-Cedar-Grove-Composting-by-Yuko-Kodama-7304.jpg Bags of finished compost. southseattleemerald en 2026-10-19T16:30:32.213Z How a Family-Owned Business in the South End Turns Food Scraps Into Compost News, Yuko Kodama, Cedar Grove, Cedar Grove Composting, Maple Valley https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/10/18/doom-loop-the-deficit https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2025-10-03/q5lun8pr/Doom-Loop-Hero-Image-002-by-Brett-Hamil.jpg DOOM LOOP is a serialized fictional cartoon from South End author and comic Brett Hamil. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/6kmjfopa/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-001.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/xrk5guo6/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-002.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/60zijfau/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-003.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/uyypwh7q/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-004.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/ji6u6lqp/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-005.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/tseulhmg/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-006.jpg https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-10-18/1vq45gkr/2026-10.18-DOOM-LOOP-162-The-Deficit-007.png southseattleemerald en 2026-10-18T15:00:00.000Z DOOM LOOP: The Deficit Voices, Doom Loop, Brett Hamil, Seattle comics