the wonder of wormsCharles Darwin's last book was on earthworms. In it he said:
"It may be doubted if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures." We've known for a long time how worms can heal the soil. Worms convert tired, depleted soil into healthy, highly productive soil that minimize the need for nutrients. Now we are learning that worms not only heal soil from years of farming production, but also heal the soil of a wide variety of toxins. This is called bioremediation, or, when worms are used vermiremediation. VerMedix exist because worms are now being used to process dairy manure wastes, reducing greenhouse gases and making a biologically and nutrient-rich material called vermisubstrate. For the first time large quantities of worms living in their nutrient-rich habitat are available at an unprecedented quantity. VerMedix's mission is to provide the large quantities of vermisubstrate and vermitea now available to improve soil production and clean toxic materials from soil and water and make the earth very productive for growing food. |
organix and royal family farming join together to heal the earth through worms.VerMedix was formed in 2022 by the leading supplier of agricultural residuals to the organic farmers joining together with Royal Family Farming, the owner of the world's largest worm farm. The dairy farms operated by Royal Family Farming use the BioFiltro patented BIDA system to process manure from the farm's thousands of cows.
Working directly with BioFiltro, VerMedix provides the Pacific Northwest and beyond with an unprecedented quantity of worms, complete worm habitat known as Vermisubstrate, and Vermitea. The most complete & sustainable carbon cycleVerMedix is supporting the massive changes in agriculture toward sustainability including reducing climate impacts through carbon. It starts with wood chips from Washington's quarter million acres of fruit trees. Every year old orchards are replaced with new trees and most of the old trees are burned. This affects air quality but also releases the large amounts of carbon stored in the trees into the atmosphere. These trees are converted into the habitat needed by worms to do their remarkable work in processing dairy and other waste water. Then, when the time comes to replace the worms and habitat from the waste water systems, they are put to work removing hydrocarbons, PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals and other contaminants from soil. It's a one, two, three punch for sustainability.
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