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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...