EPA promoting vermicomposting
July 8th, 2009
The EPA (USA’s Environmental Protection Agency) has a great starter page about worm composting, with links to some pretty good information sources:
Through this method, red worms—not nightcrawlers or field worms found in gardens— are placed in bins with organic matter in order to break it down into a high-value compost called castings. Worm bins are easy to construct (they are also commercially available) and can be adapted to accommodate the volume of food scraps generated.
It’s more of a ‘what is vermicomposting’ than it is ‘how do I start’, but I love the fact that the US federal government (as well as some local governments) promotes vermicomposting.
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