Webinar: Composting with Worms on a Mid to Large-Scale — What, Why, How, and Who
Channel: Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Date: 2019-01-22

Check out our webinar recording to hear internationally renowned vermicomposting expert, Rhonda Sherman, share the highlights from her new book, The Worm Farmer’s Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions. This comprehensive guide features how to successfully vermicompost and includes everything you need to know from business planning, system selection, managing and troubleshooting, vermicast harvesting, tips for replication, and lessons learned from model enterprises around the world. Given the importance of healthy soils to healthy food and carbon sequestration, this handbook couldn’t be more timely.

Whether you want to start vermicomposting or are a public official interested in supporting locally based composting, this webinar is for you!

Join this webinar to learn:

  • The many benefits of vermicompost

  • Vermicomposting basics

  • Who can vermicompost (from schools and farms to municipalities and businesses)

  • Planning for success and what to avoid

  • The wide range in setups and systems

  • Vermicomposting operations around the world