History

Agri-Cycle was established in 2013 to support sister company, Exeter Agri-Energy (EAE), itself an offshoot of Stonyvale Farm, a 5th generation dairy farm in Exeter, Maine.

In 2011 the anaerobic digesters were installed on the farm to help with manure management and to help diversify revenue through manure conversion to biofuel. What began as a way to preserve the viability of a family farm has blossomed into a sustainable solution for businesses and organizations seeking a solution for wasted food and other organic streams.

In 2025, Agri-Cycle was purchased by Closed Loop Partners, a NY-based private equity firm specializing in the circular economy and sustainable materials management, including organics diversion.  Agri-Cycle continues to work with EAE as a partner along with a growing network of outlets across the nation.

Willis J. Peabody (then patriarch) and family at the farm in Exeter (c. 1935). Willis’ daughter married a Fogler and the rest, as they say, is history. The Fogler family has been working the land at the farm since the late 1800s.

The farm started as a commercial operation in the early 1950s with only 17 cows. Today, the farm has over 2000 animals on site—1200 milked each day and more than 1000 young stock—with storage for 6 million gallons of manure.