Vermiculture

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The subject of worms keeps coming up on other pages in the food category, and they are definitely an essential part of good food systems, so let's give the little guys a page of their own.

Uses

• Chicken feed
• Fish feed in aquaponics
• Aerating soil
• Making compost and compost tea for fertilizing gardens

DIY wormeries

• Multi-layer vermiculture bin
• 5 dollar, 1/2 hour Worm Composting Bin(s)
• It's a Vermiculture World
• The Worm-A-Rater
• Worm bin bag for indoor vermicomposting and easy separation of worms from compost
• Worm Cafe - Compost with earthworms right in your garden

Links

• Wikipedia on Vermicomposting
• cityfarmer.org page on worm composting
• NC University-Directory of Vermiculture Resources
• Australia's North South Wales Goverment Best Practice Guideline to Managing On-site Vermiculture Technologies