John is the owner of Compost Only, a food scrap pick-up service aimed at reducing food waste and promoting community composting. He is a proud Birmingham native whose journey is deeply rooted in a legacy of environmental and social stewardship, inspired by his family. John’s great grandfather worked alongside pioneering agricultural scientist George Washington Carver at Tuskegee. Carver’s philosophy, “Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels,” serves as a foundational pillar for the mission of Compost Only. This ethos, combined with a critical examination of the unsustainable cycle of discarding valuable organic material in favor of chemical fertilizers, drives his ambition to instigate change here in his home state.