Vermicomposting, using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. The resulting product, called vermicompost, or worm castings, ...

AS IF THERE were not enough reasons to leave meat off my plate. Meat-based diets have already been clearly linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer, to name a few. Now, the ...

MEAD, Neb. – Ranchers have long been fond of saying cattle manure smells like money. Now folks in the business of making ethanol are smelling dollars, too – in the methane gas emitted by manure at ...

Effects of chicken manure tea (CMT) and vermicompost tea (VCT) as soil drench on vegetative growth, herb yield, essential oil content, total phenolics, total flavonoids and antioxidant activity of ...

Chemicals—from antibiotics used to keep livestock healthy to pesticides that shield crops from insects and other pests—play an important role in modern agriculture. However, many of these substances ...

RALEIGH, NC –Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms ...