Food waste — kitchen scraps, restaurant leftovers, and expired food that gets tossed out at grocery stores — decays quickly. That process generates more methane than any other material that ends up in ...

To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that’s the question many savvy gardeners are pondering these days, and for good reason: Worm castings — a.k.a. poop — are the nutrient-rich organic ...

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

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I first learned about ‘in situ’ worm communities several years ago in fruit orchards. Farmers were using a combination of in-orchard and in-ground vermiculture (cultivating/farming of worms) and ...

Worm or not to worm? The spring months in Missouri motivate us to rejuvenate our lawns and gardens after long, dark winters, and nothing sets your garden and plants up for success like vermicomposting ...

SAGINAW, MI-- As Earth Day approaches, Saginaw city staff is finalizing plans for an annual program that aims to educate and motivate residents about recycling and, in general, caring for the ...

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these slim, ...

Organic composting has become increasingly popular, and one fairly straightforward way to accomplish it is the installation of a worm farm. Raising earthworms for composting or commercial bait, also ...

(Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, 's Berkeley Worm Composting Collective. Founded in 1992, this nonprofit group of students is dedicated to enlisting the worm to recycle more than ...

Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find. The demand for composting worms skyrocketed ...