The Organic Materials Management program is dedicated to advancing sustainable practices in the processing and use of organic materials in agri-food systems.

Have you ever considered composting your food scraps? Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, or VINES, is offering a ...

‘Totally out of bounds’: Big 12’s Brett Yormark blasts Notre Dame AD’s ‘egregious’ comments on CFP snub Unaccompanied migrant ...

Something's deeply satisfying about dumping compost into a spinning drum and watching dirt and worms go their separate ways.

In a small Spangle workshop, immediately off of Highway 195, thousands of worms are slowly burrowing into their new home, nestled cozily under heated blankets and as much food as they could ever want.

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you’ve probably noticed the surge of balcony garden videos capturing millions of ...

After reaping the rewards of their hard labor during harvest, farmers have one last critical step to close out the season: ensuring soil health for spring. Amending after fall harvest is ideal because ...

ILSR’s Vermicomposting 101 Guide covers the fundamentals of composting with worms, including worm facts, managing a worm bin, and how to harvest vermicompost. This 12-page resource was developed to ...

Rows of tightly packed olive trees stretch across California's Central Valley. These super-high-density orchards, where trees are planted close together for faster, mechanized harvesting, can grow ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Dozens of reports of invasive jumping worms across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula – and a few in the Upper – are raising concerns about damages to the state’s natural ecosystems.

The fastest way to get rid of lots of autumn leaves is to throw them in your compost pile. Leaves serve as a carbon source in composting, so they’ll need to be blended with plenty of green or nitrogen ...

You probably have heard the old term, “can of worms,” but how about a tub of worms? Yes, friends, as icky as that might sound, since at least the 1970s, people have been raising red wiggler worms, aka ...