Pierce Louis



Compost University™ Faculty

Pierce Louis

Dirt Hugger

Dallesport, WA | pierce@dirthugger.com

Pierce Louis is a co-founder at Dirt Hugger, a 60,000 Ton per Year composting company located in Dallesport, WA. Dirt Hugger processes organics for Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, WA and the Columbia River Gorge communities accepting commercial food scraps, residential yard debris with food waste, whole fruit, liquid brewery residuals and more. Dirt Hugger sells over 35,000 yards per year of organic compost into the retail, orchard & vineyard, farm, and construction markets. Pierce serves as the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ & CEO at Dirt Hugger as well as on the board of the US Composting Council.