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"You know, I've stopped throwing all my garbage down the chute now that I recycle with red worms-- wait, let me explain" "Thousands of adorable red worms keep me busy in retirement -- infants, teens, college-age. Here's a photo of them in their box in my living room." "Have you heard about this woman at Goldman-Sachs who's got people taking a break from stock trading by composting their lunch leftovers and playing with the worms? They call them vegan capitalists!" |
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Detailed Instructions For more guidance, check out your local botanical garden. Information available at Queens Botanical Garden compost site, www.queensbotanical.org, some instructions available in spanish and chinese. More at www.cityfarmer.org, www.wormwoman.com, www.wormdigest.org. |
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The NYC Compost Project, www.nyccompost.org, was created by the New York City Department of Sanitation in 1993 to provide compost outreach and education to City residents and businesses. Master Composter Program terminated 2002. |
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DuoTwo who are very different--both central to my continued efforts. On the right , Christine Datz-Romero, remarkably focused woman in New York City, stands tall in determination to bring worm composting to the hard streets of New York City. This 1996 photo as I first saw her one freezing day at Union Square Greenmarket where she collects your garbage (compostables) three times a week. To purchase vermicompost or red worms from her, take a tour of her now-expanded compost activities through the Lower East Side Ecology Center, email oreinc@earthlink.net Ron Bloom is on the left. Always there for me--feedback, schlepping, adding his own creativity to mine. |
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 Oaxaca,
MexicoTwo years ago, by chance, I met Eneas Alejandre, a visionary farmer in a small village outside Oaxaca. At Organica San Agustin he has red worms producing the vermicompost he sells. "Lombrices rojas">are the Spanish words he uses for "red worms." Many also refer to them as "gusanos rojos."
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KleinbergDirector, Compost Project, Queens Botanical Garden, shows the very first worm to arrive in answer to "Knit One Red Worm" request from Cityworm. Another composting expert with high energy, great ideas, and an irrepresible sense of humor. My mentor for "This Dirt Museum." |