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Mayor Felix Ople told The STAR over the weekend that vermicomposting, a process that converts household and farm biodegradable wastes to organic fertilizer using earthworms, can accomplish two things — production of organic fertilizer and vermimeal as a substitute for imported fish meal.


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Are all worms really that abominable?


Not so, if you know and believe in the science of soil biology, the study of living organisms in the soil.


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Cultured earthworms as human food

By STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero II, PhD | May 4, 2006 - 12:00am

In a television reality show, a man was shown eating a lot of live earthworms with gusto. This was repulsive to many viewers. Are earthworms really edible? Are they safe to eat? Earthworms are terrestrial invertebrates...

Science and Environment

Bulacan town tries microcomposting

By Dino Balabo | March 21, 2006 - 12:00am

HAGONOY, Bulacan — The leaders of this fishing town are putting their hopes on earthworms to improve its primary industry and to address solid waste management problems. Mayor Felix Ople told The STAR over...

Nation

Earthworms are not only for the birds

By STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero III, Ph.D. | October 20, 2005 - 12:00am

To most people, the mere mention of worms is enough to make them shriek or curdle in fear and detestation. Are all worms really that abominable? Not so, if you know and believe in the science of soil biology, the...

Science and Environment

Rice terraces earthworms as animal feed

By Rudy A. Fernandez | May 11, 2003 - 12:00am

BANAUE, Ifugao – Farmers here have welcomed a government project that aims to eradicate or control giant earthworms that have for years been destroying the world-famous rice terraces in the Cordillera. The...

Agriculture