Your Waste Can Do More.

What you call a waste stream, we call a renewable resource. WINR Centers transform organic byproducts into natural fertilizer, reducing your disposal costs, strengthening your sustainability story, and putting nutrients back where they belong.

Let’s Talk About Your Waste Stream →Or call: (712) 647-2810
20+ Years
in Nutrient Management
USDA FPEP
Grant Recipient
2026
First Facility Opening
Iowa Entrepreneur
of the Year 2025
The Challenge

Organic Waste Is a Growing Problem and a Missed Opportunity

Food processors generate organic byproducts by the semi load: potato peels, grain hulls, processing residues. Every one of those materials contains nutrients that were harvested from the soil to grow food. Right now, most of it goes to landfills, generating methane, costing you money, and breaking the nutrient cycle permanently.

A waste stream is just a nutrient out of place. We put it back where it belongs.

The Solution

Waste Into Nutrient Recovery

WINR Centers take your organic waste, including food manufacturing byproducts, manure, and post-consumer organics, and transform it into high-quality natural fertilizer. Your waste becomes a farmer’s best input. The nutrient cycle completes.

SoilNutrients grow cropsCrops / FoodHarvested and processedWasteOrganic byproducts generatedWINR CenterRecovered, composted, returnedto soil

WINR stands for Waste Into Nutrient Recovery. Not new technology, just Mother Nature’s design, applied at industrial scale.

Why Everybody Wins

Four Wins. Zero Losers.

If everybody wins in the transaction, it’s impossible to fail. That’s the principle WINR is built on.

You Win

Sustainable disposal at competitive cost. A partner who handles logistics and actually does something good with your waste. Your sustainability story gets real.

Farmers Win

Farmers want natural fertility. They just can't get it at scale. WINR creates a local, stable-priced nutrient source that feeds the whole soil, not just N-P-K. Not vitamins from a pharmacy, but a complete meal from the grocery store.

Communities Win

Local jobs. Local dollars. 95% of every dollar spent on our products stays in-state, compared to 85% going overseas with imported fertilizer.

The Environment Wins

Nutrients recovered instead of landfilled. Reduced methane. Healthier soil that retains water, sequesters carbon, and grows more nutritious food.

If everybody wins in this transaction, it's impossible to fail. I don't have to take from somebody and give to somebody else. Every single person wins.

Abe Sandquist, Founder, Natural Fertilizer Services

Iowa Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 | Former USDA-NRCS

The Process

From Your Waste Stream to Fertile Soil

01

We Assess Your Waste Stream

We evaluate what you're generating: volume, composition, frequency, current disposal costs. No two waste streams are identical. We design around yours.

02

Pickup & Transport

We handle logistics. Our team picks up your organic waste on a schedule that fits your operation and transports it to the nearest WINR Center.

03

Controlled Composting (ASP)

Materials are processed using Aerated Static Pile technology, with controlled oxygen, temperature, and moisture that produces consistent, high-quality compost faster and with lower emissions than traditional methods.

04

Recipe-Based Product Creation

We don't just compost. We engineer. Using our Ag Simplified platform, we track every ingredient and create blends with specific nutrient profiles. Sulfur, calcium, phosphates, potassium, C:N ratios, all dialed in.

05

Delivered to Farmers, Applied to Fields

Finished products go to farmers across our network, applied where nutrients are needed most. The cycle completes. Your waste built someone’s soil.

The Journey

20 Years of Building Toward This Moment

2007
Natural Fertilizer Services founded
2020
Co-founded Iowa Composting Council chapter; policy advocacy begins
2021
Applied for USDA FPEP grant
2025
Grant approved. Iowa Entrepreneur of the Year. Iowa legislation achieved.
Spring 2026
WINR Center construction begins
July 2026
First batch processed
Fall 2026
First customers receiving product. Second center construction starts.

Two facilities in Western Iowa. Land purchased for a third. The model is built to replicate nationally through partnerships.

Is This for You?

Who We’re Looking For

Food Processors & Manufacturers

You generate organic byproducts at scale. You want a sustainable, cost-effective disposal partner who does something valuable with your waste, and can document it for your reporting.

Feedlot & Livestock Operators

You have manure to manage and compliance to meet. We handle logistics, application, and environmental compliance, and potentially turn your liability into a revenue stream.

Future WINR Center Partners

You see this model working in your state. You want to own a business that creates wins for your community. We're looking for partners who share the vision, and we'll coach you through it.

The Numbers

Why the Economics Work

85%

of every dollar a farmer spends on imported fertilizer goes overseas. It doesn’t stay in your state, your county, or your community.

95%

of every dollar spent on WINR products stays within the state. Local jobs. Local trucks. Local impact.

2x

facilities under construction in Western Iowa, with a third site purchased. Designed for national replication from day one.

When I was a kid, my grandma told me: a weed is just a plant out of place. I've thought about that ever since. A waste stream is just a nutrient out of place. Mother Nature made all of it. We just need to put it back where it belongs.

Abe Sandquist

Questions We Hear

What types of waste do you accept?
Organic waste from food processing, manufacturing byproducts, livestock manure, and post-consumer food waste. We assess each stream individually and build a custom plan.
What about contaminants, such as antibiotics and chemicals?
Composting breaks down most residual contaminants through microbial activity and sustained heat. Our ASP technology gives us more control over this than traditional methods. We monitor throughout the process.
How is this different from landfill disposal?
Landfills are a dead end. Nutrients are lost and methane is generated. WINR Centers recover nutrients aerobically and return them to farmland. Your waste builds soil instead of filling a hole.
What does it cost?
Depends on your waste stream: volume, composition, frequency, distance. In many cases, WINR is cost-competitive with landfill hauling. We'll give you a straight answer on a call.
Where are you located?
First two facilities in Western Iowa. Third site purchased. If you're outside Iowa, reach out anyway. We're seeking partners in other states.
Is this scalable?
That's the whole point. 20 years of logistics, technology, and regulatory groundwork. FPEP grant validates the model at federal level. We're not experimenting. We're executing.
Do farmers actually want this product?
They're asking for it and can't get it at scale. That's the whole reason we're building WINR Centers. The demand from agriculture for quality compost and natural fertility far exceeds the current supply.
Let’s Talk

Turn Your Waste Stream Into a Win

Book a free introductory call. We'll assess your waste stream, walk you through the WINR model, and tell you straight whether it's a fit. No obligation, no pitch.

Schedule Your Call →Or call directly: (712) 647-2810, Monday–Friday

“We are here for the right reasons. To benefit everybody, to make an impact, and to have fun.” Abe