{"id":1514,"date":"2005-08-03T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/08\/03\/vermiculture-declared-official-in-oregon\/"},"modified":"2005-08-03T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-03T15:55:00","slug":"vermiculture-declared-official-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/vermiculture-declared-official-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermiculture Declared “Official” in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thanks to sustainablog reader Paco Nathan for pointing me to this article from OregonLive.com<\/a> on the passage and signing of a bill in Oregon to make vermiculture (worm farming) an official form of agriculture.<\/p>\n It sounds symbolic on paper, but the bill extends to [worm farmer Dan] Holcombe and his peers many of the same rights and opportunities as their dairy- and vegetable-producing counterparts. Worms will, for instance, join fruit, fish and livestock on the state’s list of tax-exempt farm products when the legislation becomes law in January.<\/p>\n For Holcombe, a father of three who has spent most of his life as a farmer, the measure offers recognition from the state and the chance to focus more on his worms. His 17-year-old business, Oregon Soil Corp., has accepted waste from local grocery stores and other outlets for years — but few companies have latched on to using worms as a sort of composting. Holcombe hopes the bill will change that.<\/p>\n “Most people, when they think about worms, think, ‘Yucky,’ ” Holcombe says, elbows propped on his 80-by-8-foot worm tank. “They don’t think about what worms can do.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As a hobby vermiculturalist, I’ve heard “Yucky” plenty myself, but this article provides a thorough overview of worm composting and its benefits. From personal experience, I can say that my plants, indoor and outdoor, love worm castings and compost tea.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: agriculture<\/a>, vermiculture<\/a>, worms<\/a>, composting<\/a>, Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to sustainablog reader Paco Nathan for pointing me to this article from OregonLive.com on the passage and signing of a bill in Oregon to make vermiculture (worm farming) an [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n