Modern farming techniques have brought the world a wonderful bounty of agriculture, but they’ve also been terrible news for the Earth’s “digestive system,” the delicate 10 to 12 inches of topsoil ...

What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops. On small farms and in gardens around the world, a legless invertebrate has been quietly helping crops grow — simply by eating ...

Many gardeners rely on compost to help improve their soils. Taking compost a step further, some gardeners use worms to break down the compost even more. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red ...

In an office on Jefferson Street, Bartelt Engineering’s staff is designing green solutions to treat winery wastewater, using thousands of wriggling worms. The wastewater treatment systems they are ...