“[Our concept] is an indoor ecosystem that converts kitchen waste into organic fertilizer and a plants incubator with no electricity use,” Brooklyn Chao, founder of the Taiwan-based startup Bionicraft ...

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these slim, ...

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

Jack Chambers held up a handful of rich, black compost. Hundreds of aptly named red wriggler worms were writhing within it. "These worms are made for composting," he said proudly, giving their Latin ...

If your garden could ask, it would have only one thing on its holiday wish list: a worm bin. Experienced gardeners know that abundant harvests are fed by the health, makeup and diversity of their soil ...

Kate Nevins, a residential landscape designer, is accustomed to getting her hands dirty. But when she found a free compost tumbler through a local Facebook group last spring, she took the opportunity ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. In many ways, the life of a worm is an enviable one. There are ...