Kubacki said the idea to make cow bedding out of waste paper came from Roger L. Elston, father of Kubacki's partner Roger W. Elston. "Roger's dad started the company," Kubacki said.

Now, Kubacki said Syracuse Fiber Recycling is the only company in New York state turning paper waste into cow bedding. The company began in the old Allied Chemical Building in 1995-96 and then ...