Long Island Farm Bureau Executive Director Joseph Gergela (left) congratulates Long Island Compost President Charles Vigliotti for his dedication to the environment.

"Several years ago, Charles Vigliotti and Long Island Compost developed an innovative program that directly benefits Long Island's farming industry while protecting the environment. 'On-farm' composting goes a long way toward reducing off-Island exportation of solid waste. The Long Island Farm Bureau salutes Vigliotti for his support of Long Island agriculture, his dedication to the environment, and his promotion of organic products in the marketplace."

- Joseph Gergela, Executive Director
   Long Island Farm Bureau

"Long Island Compost has been an important contributor in keeping Long Island's Peconic Bay and South Shore estuary clean and healthy. Several years back, uncontrolled nitrogen was seeping into our bays as a result of local duck farming. Long Island Compost, in an extension of its innovative on-farm program, developed a protocol for handling the material and reduced the seepage and runoff of the duck waste that led to the problem. Long Island Compost is a good corporate citizen. They got involved and came up with the right solution."

- Kevin McAllister
   Peconic Baykeeper

As container growers, we grow a broad spectrum of plant material from nursery stock to annuals and perennials, and we depend on Long Island Compost Corp. to produce for us a totally organic, custom
-blended mix. I also like the fact that it's made from only yard waste, which is great for the environment. And since Long Island Compost is a local company, I never have to wait for them to deliver. Their service is always timely and dependable. I don't know any other nursery on Long Island that grows as many varieties as we do in one mix. You bet Long Island Compost works for me!"

- Ed Georges and Don Kwarta
   Martin Viette Nurseries

"Congratulations on a job well done. On-Farm Composing has great potential to benefit all involved parties. I am confident that your company can ensure that the program will be successful and I will gladly lend my assistance in whatever capacity necessary to support the program."

- Michael DesGaines
   Cornell Cooperative Extension

"Long Island Compost meets the needs of landscapers, farmers, school districts, municipalities and gardeners… recycling more than 150,000 tons of leaves and grass clippings and 100,000 cubic yards of trees, shrubs and bushes annually. The onsite composting eliminates the need to transport the material, reducing truck traffic on local highways. Such composting also keeps nitrogen from duck manure out of the water system."

- LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS

“With his two brothers, Vigliotti founded the company three decades ago and has transformed it into an environmental juggernaut. The premise is so simple it’s astounding. Take all of our landscaping waste and convert it into soil not only suitable for residential consumers, but used everywhere from rooftop designs to beautification projects. Brilliant. Oh, and not sending LI’s organic waste to municipal facilities saves the taxpayer money as well.”

- LONG ISLAND PRESS

"Where I live in Mastic Beach, the soil structure is pretty poor for growing healthy plants and vegetables due to the salt air and sand. But since I started growing with Long Island Compost brand compost, I've had great success, winning the 'backyard amateur grower' prize three years in a row at the Riverhead County Fair. My vegetables certainly have never been heartier or healthier!"

- Mike Lovell
   Morning Dew Landscape
   Mastic Beach, N.Y.

"Farmers have always composted, but it was a tedious and time-consuming process. Today, there's a better way with Long Island Compost. Theirs is a really clean product that does it all, and as a farmer, I appreciate that. Using their compost, I'm able to use less fertilizer, and because it holds more moisture, there's less irrigation, so I save money. Plus, their compost improves root development. Imagine all this, as well as bigger yields and better-looking plants and flowers."

- Werner Sommer,
   Sommer Nurseries
   Eastport, N.Y.