Yard debris and food waste combined account for nearly 30% of the materials disposed in US landfills. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, Americans generated about 254 million tons of trash in 2013, which is the equivalent of 4.40 pounds per person per day. Solid waste generation in the United States continues to rise at a steady rate. As it turned out, ever single farm was actually breeding E fetida and/or its very close relative E.This article is an excerpt from Rodale Institute’s “A Simple Guide to Vermicomposting.” Click here to download the full guide. rubellus isn’t used for composting nearly as much as some think.īack in 1988 scientists conducted a very interesting survey of numerous worm farms in Australia, Europe and the U.S., all of them claiming they were raising L. While I certainly won’t claim outright that these people are wrong, there is some evidence to indicate that L.
In some cases even scientific names won’t help us out however – such as when the wrong one is being used! You can find many people claiming to be using Lumbricus rubellus (also called “Red Worms”) for composting. fetida is such a common species, there is probably a good chance that many bait stores are indeed carrying this worm (which may also be referred to as Tiger Worm, Brandling Worm, or Red Wiggler, among others), but it’s hard to say for sure without seeing the worms for yourself. The advantage of scientific names is that there is only one for each organism, and it’s universally used around the world – with the exception of cases where a former name is still in use after a new name as been declared – as is the case with the European Nightcrawler (Eisenia hortensis – formerly Dendrobaena veneta). I’m sure there are a lot of bait shops that carry ‘Red Worms’, but the question IS, how many of those shops have Eisenia fetida? That is a good question since it highlights the limitations of relying solely on ‘common names’. “Are red worms from a bait store the same as the red worms that I would order from gardening catalogs? Thanks,” ~ Sandy
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