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 ...

Someone preparing a bokashi compost bucket with lots of food scraps. - Guido Mieth/Getty Images By just looking at it, bokashi and worm composting (vermicomposting) might seem like similar ways to ...

Organic material will turn into compost on its own… eventually, but you can speed up the process with worms. Worm composting, or vermicomposting, can increase the time it takes to go from kitchen ...

To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that’s the question many savvy gardeners are pondering these days, and for good reason: Worm castings — a.k.a. poop — are the nutrient-rich organic ...

Volunteer Columbia hosted a composting workshop focused on the vermicomposting method, which utilizes the red wiggler worm species. The workshop was held by volunteers Jody Cook and Lindsey Smith.

The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

Food scraps make up 25 billion pounds of trash per year in this country—captured energy that could go back into greening the planet. A wilted broccoli stalk, a grapefruit peel, a carrot top. That’s ...

If you’ve ever peeked into your compost bin in winter and wondered where all the worms went, you’re not alone. Many gardeners notice their hardworking worms seem to vanish as soon as the cold weather ...

Incorporating composting into your gardening routine is a great way to reduce waste and add nutrients and organic matter to your yard. It is basically creating free fertilizer while sending much less ...

Learn three ways to keep composting through winter for nutrient-rich soil ready for spring planting.