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Selected Vermicomposting Resources

Last updated May 2001

Try These Web Sites for Starters…

• http://www.MagicWorms.com/resources.htm A reviewer’s bibliography of the best web sites on ver-
micomposting, including descriptions and subject matter found on the web sites.

• http://gnv.fdt.net/~windle/ A source of down-loadable publications covering many topics related to

vermicomposting.

• http://www.oldgrowth.org/compost/forum_vermi/index.html An on-line vermicomposting forum, this

is a great place to start for vermicomposting information and on line discussion. It includes separate
discussion groups for beginners, large-scale/commercial, education, bin designs, and a 3000+ archive
of past discussions on vermicomposting.

• http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman/mypubs2.html A resource listing of publications,

including many on vermicomposting, by North Carolina State University faculty member Rhonda
Sherman and other authors, many which can be downloaded.

• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/annelida.html Information on the biology of worms.

• http://www.yucky.com The yuckiest web site in the world. Contains interesting and humorous infor-
mation and games on earthworms, mostly for kids.

Books and Printed Materials

• Earthworms: Teacher Guide; University of California, available at www.letsgetgrowing.com or from
Let’s Get Growing, 1900 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065, 800-408-1868; price $10.95. Good
for middle and high school students

• Harnessing the Earthworm; Thomas J. Barrett, available at www.wormbooks.com or from Shields

Publications, P.O. Box 69, Eagle River, WI 54521, 715-479-3905; price $10.00

• Squirmy Wormy Composters; Bobbie Kalman & Janine Schaub; Crabtree Publishing Co., 1992; price
$7.95; currently out-of-print, but may be available in local libraries or contact www.Amazon.com for
future orders.

• Wonderful World of Wigglers: Exploring the Mysteries of the Mighty Earthworms Through Stories and
Activities for the Curious Child; available at www.letsgetgrowing.com (see contact information above);
price $14.95

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• Worms Eat My Garbage (1998); Mary Appelhof, available at www.wormwoman.com or from Flower
Press, 10322 Shaver Rd., Kalamazoo, MI 49002, 616-327-0108; price $12.95 plus shipping

• Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities For A Better Environment (1993); Mary Appelhof, M.
F. Fenton, and B.L. Harris, available from www.wormwoman.com (see listing above for availability);
price $22.95

• Worm Café: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes; by Binet Payne; available from www.
wormwoman.com (see listings above for availability); price $29.95

Slide Shows and Videos

• The Decomposer Food Web; 70 slides w/script on organisms of aerobic decomposition and compost-
ing, available from Biocycle, 419 State Ave., Emmaus, PA 18049, (610) 967-4135; price $49.00

• Earthworm Model Activity Set; model of an earthworm suitable for use in grades 5-12. Available from
www.letsgetgrowing.com (see contact info above); price $95

• Red Wiggler Connection; 31-min. video and accompanying book demonstrating successful techniques
for vermicomposting and raising worms; available from www.wormbooks.com (see contact info
above); price $20.00 for video and $10 for book

• Vermi Video, video on vermicomposting for school children, to order contact Recycling Council of On-
tario, see address above for The Magic of Composting; price $25 plus $6 shipping/handling

• Wormania 26 min. video/teaching guide on worm composting, produced by Flowerfield Enterprises,

10332 Shaver Rd., Kalamazoo, MI 49002, 616-327-0108, www.wormwoman.com; price $34.90

• Worm Bin Creatures: Alive Through A Microscope; video on creatures that occupy a worm bin, avail-
able from www.wormwoman.com (see contact info above); price $25

Trade Journal/Newsletter
• Worm Digest, monthly newsletter on worm composting issues; $12/year; Edible City Resource Center,
www.wormdigest.org, 541-485-0456

For more information, contact your County Extension Agent or SHWEC

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