Learn how to make Vermicompost using your kitchen and garden waste.
Facilitator:
Dr. Nina Sengupta is an Ecologist and Independent Biodiversity Conservation & Sustenance Development Consultant and has a Phd in Wildlife science/Ecology, and is very widely read and articulate. Her talk at Sacred Space - Linking Energy & Ecology on Aug 25th 2013 was very well received. She has travelled and worked in forests in Africa, Asia, America, Andaman and Nicobar islands, in remote parts of Tanzania, Camaroon Islands.
Vermicompost is the product or process of composting using various worms, to create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. Vermicast, also called worm castings, worm humus or worm manure, is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm. These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than do organic materials before vermicomposting.
Containing water-soluble nutrients, vermicompost is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner.
Using vermicomposting systems for all your garden and kitchen wastes reduces your garbage by up to a third and provides you your own organic soil for pot plants and container gardens on balconies and roofs to grow your own healthy food.