Operating out of a Granada Hills mansion with a geodesic dome and purple glass ceilings, an eccentric entrepreneur two decades ago led a worm mania that some later criticized as a pyramid scheme. Amid ...

Earthworms may soon have their own Facebook fan page if local worm worshippers have their way. “I had forgotten how good food could taste fresh from the garden until I was experimenting with worm ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Grant Estrade opened Laughing Buddha Nursery on Clearview Parkway in Metairie 13 years ago, he had a simple goal: to serve gardeners who wanted to grow vegetables and herbs organically. Over time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red wigglers from Will's Worms, a home-based business owned by siblings Will and Alyssa Hatanaka, ages 7 and 8. (Mariah Tauger / ...

I recently moved into a studio apartment in an urban area. I used to compost in my backyard but don’t have that option anymore. I looked into getting a worm bin to use inside my apartment, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vv Acevedo reaches into one of the dirt piles that line the Arizona Worm Farm and pulls out a handful of dirt. It’s full of ...

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 ...

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 ...