Worms, composting and education.
Who knows what is happening in the world today? Its crazy out here, there is serious madness going on around me and I am a freaking father with a freaking worm ranch. Now someone wants to buy a boatload of worms and we need to get ready. Having the ability to fill an order for […]
Lincoln, NE – July 16, 2018 – Cook Grow Sew, LLC announced today that it will receive $199,715 from the Nebraska Environmental Trust for their “Fostering Soil Health through Waste Diversion, Composting, Research, and Education” project run by Big Red Worms. The project is one of 105 receiving $18.3 million in grant awards from the […]
The Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society’s annual Healthy Farms conference starts this Friday. The conference is a two day event held at the Cornhusker Hotel in our hometown of Lincoln, NE. This conference has been hosted by the NSAS for over 40 years! Attending this event is a great way to engage and learn about sustainable […]
Kingdom : Animalia – Phylum : Annelida – Class : Oligochaeta – Subclass : Diplotesticulata Order : Opisthopora – Family : Megascolecidae Genus : Eisenia – Species : fetida All worms are not created equally, in fact there are about 8000 species of worms living on our planet. Of the earthworms, there are three major ecological categories – Anecics (Greek […]
I am sitting here at the desk today, well because it is raining once again. How do these changing weather patterns affect farmers and plants? The main factor is water holding capacity. We are seeing chaotic shifts from hot to cold, dry to wet, very wet to even wetter. A farmer friend said they have […]
In the fall of 2016, we were able to start the process of collecting leaves for the creation of leaf mould thanks to the help of the University of Nebraska bringing us truckloads of leaves. The Nebraska Today ran a story about our work with them and you can find it here. For those of you […]
The community composting program is our newest initiative to help divert food waste from the landfill for residential customers. We currently have four sites located in different areas of Lincoln, all of which are currently open for use by the community at large. We do ask that you visit the acceptable materials list to familiarize yourself with […]
Use the Worm Factory 360 to convert your kitchen and household waste into the world’s best organic fertilizer, and reduce your impact on the planet. Start your own Worm Factory! Why the Worm Factory 360? Americans throw away 34 million tons of food waste into landfills each year, more than any other type of waste […]
The Worm Factory™ Standard is a home composting solution for your kitchen and household waste. This video will describe the basic process of how composting with the Worm Factory™ Standard works. Start your own Worm Factory! Why the Worm Factory Standard? Americans throw away 34 million tons of food waste into landfills each year, more […]
Big Red Worms was recently featured on Lincoln’s Channel 8 KLKN-TV. The article outlines our efforts with Lincoln Public Schools as well as our upcoming product launch and open house. Head over to the Channel 8 News website to read the full article.