Some neighbors complain about composting component of farm Charlie KeeganKSHBDec 22, 2023 Excerpt: �We�re seeing things die and be reborn and cycle endlessly. It�s wonderful,� Salvaggio said. �It makes me seem connected to the earth.� More than 100 families...
Some neighbors complain about composting component of farm
Charlie Keegan
KSHB
Dec 22, 2023
Excerpt:
�We�re seeing things die and be reborn and cycle endlessly. It�s wonderful,� Salvaggio said. �It makes me seem connected to the earth.�
More than 100 families have community supported agriculture subscriptions with Urbavore. Once a week, they come to the facility to collect a box of produce, eggs, and other items.
Some people living alongside Urbavore said the operation is getting too big for its location.
�The problem is it doesn�t stay on the farm, it invades our outdoor spaces as well,� said Debra Nabors.
Her backyard abuts Urbavore. She described the composting facility as a �landfill� which smells and creates a nuisance.
Nabors and her next door neighbor have a host of other complaints about Urbavore, including causing too much traffic on their dead-end, residential road of East 55th Terrace. They also believe the farm attracts pests and snakes which find their way to their homes. Those issues haven�t amounted to a code violation.
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