Looking for an extra-rich fertilizer to help your garden grow — and a fun excuse to let your kids play with nightcrawlers? Try vermicomposting, or composting with worms. When worms eat leftover ...

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Squiggly, wiggly red worms munching their way through discarded food scraps are a delightful sight to behold. And they come highly recommended by vermicomposting hobbyist Kim Johnson of Mount Vernon, ...

Nicholas Ward, a local filmmaker and artist, helps a group of Cordley Elementary School students sort their lunch scraps into bins for compost materials, non-compost materials and recyclables. Ward ...

Walking into Jan Huebner’s 4th grade classroom, a visitor might notice garbage on the counter: apple cores and banana peels in little plastic lunch bags. This stuff isn’t trash destined for a landfill ...

Move over guinea pigs, there’s a new class pet in town. They may not be furry or conventionally cute, but they do wiggle. Red wigglers were the center of attention Saturday morning at Lake Elementary ...

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — At Godfrey Lee Elementary, a group of fifth graders are proving that even leftovers can have a purpose, especially with a little help from worms. This year the school brought ...

Composting doesn't seem like an easy concept for preschoolers, but a new partnership between Cope Environmental Center and Wayne County's Head Start classrooms means young children have learned a way ...