Founded by Geographer and Worm Farmer, Ana Maria Quintero, in 2014, Laica Worms & Vermicast strives to empower individuals of all ages and backgrounds to cultivate mental well-being and environmental stewardship while reducing the impact of food waste on landfills. Offering one-on-one and group educational programs, they teach how to: make a worm farm using a drill; feed and care for the worm farm; harvest worm castings (organic fertilizer alternative) for use in your garden.

 

Worm castings—also called vermicast—are the byproduct created by the Composting Red Wiggler Worms after they digest the food scraps fed them. The castings are used as an organic fertilizer alternative because they are high in nutrients, have high water holding capacity, help suppress diseases, and improve soil texture and aeration, among many other things.

 

Learn the art of worm farming by joining one of Laica’s classes. Contact them also if searching for Red Wiggler Worms (Eisenia fetida), worm castings (vermicast), Homemade Worm Farms, or for Worm Farming Mentorship or Consultancy.