At Michigan State, 51,000 students produce 14,000 pounds of food waste across MSU’s 30 dining locations in a single day. Generally, food waste is sent to decompose in open air in a landfill, producing ...

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

MATTOON, Ill. -- Jeff Nichols doesn't mind sharing his office space with a few hundred worms. The worms, housed in a dark tub with a secure lid, silently consume food waste while Nichols, manager of ...

MIDDLETOWN -- Second-grade students from Spencer Elementary School rummaged through piles of dirt, leaves and scraps - which overtime with the assistance of worms would become nutrient-filled compost.

FOX LAKE — The School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies and teacher Becky Panzer were awarded $2,000 by the Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association Foundation on April 26 for the school’s ...

A half-Chinese, half-Japanese worm may hold the key to solving the city's kitchen garbage challenges, as some pioneering communities are trying to find out. A humble pilot project farming a special ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Hungry worms -- 2.5 million red wigglers -- might become the newest members of Southern Illinois University's staff in a project to turn food waste into compost. With three ...

Andrea Schaefer, vermicomposting coordinator for Hillview, said having the vehicle, dubbed the “Worm Mobile,” would open up new opportunities for the program. In the past, UW-L student interns working ...

Fifth graders and worms -- the M.e.t. believes they go hand in hand. So when looking for a target audience to teach vermicomposting, the M.e.t. couldn't have found a better audience in 10 and ...

MATTOON, Ill. (AP) -- Jeff Nichols doesn't mind sharing his office space with a few hundred worms. The worms, housed in a dark tub with a secure lid, silently consume food waste while Nichols, manager ...