It’s a great fertilizer,” an instructor said at a 2019 demonstration. “There’s very little odor — actually, no odor.” ...

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SANTA CRUZ — Many people are familiar with Grey Bears’ multi-room thrift store and its healthy food programming, including free on-site produce distribution. But there are other programs worth ...

Worms, kept in a bin of biodegradable bedding, feed on food waste and release castings that are nutrient-rich. Over a period of months, the castings combine with decomposed bedding and become ...

One of Lanette Sobel’s most trusted business partners is a worm. Actually, she works with lots of worms. They’re essential to her specialized six-acre farm in Homestead. While many of her agricultural ...

If your garden could ask, it would have only one thing on its holiday wish list: a worm bin. Experienced gardeners know that abundant harvests are fed by the health, makeup and diversity of their soil ...

The end product of this work also varies. Bokashi produces pre-compost that requires it to be buried in soil to complete the decomposition, making nutrient-rich fertilizer in about two weeks. Worm ...

On Saturday, April 4, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Buffalo Works is opening its doors to the public for a hands-on Compost + Soil Workshop. For anyone that has ever wondered about the world of earthworms ...

Thanksgiving is perhaps the biggest “food holiday” in the United States, and as every culinarian who has ever peeled a potato knows, that means it’s a big day for generating food waste. According to ...