COMPTON, CALIF. -- On the fringe of Compton's manufacturing zone lies a row of boarded-up homes that shelter not humans but a billion-bug-and-worm breeding enterprise. It's nicknamed "Worm City," and ...

Vv Acevedo reaches into one of the dirt piles that line the Arizona Worm Farm and pulls out a handful of dirt. It’s full of squirming worms buried just beneath the surface. Located near South Mountain ...

With the type of storm Debby was (is), I think of a few things right away that should be done in the aftermath of the major rain event. Army worms, mosquitoes, fire ants, fertilizer, fungus, and for ...

PHOENIX — Vv Acevedo reaches into one of the dirt piles that line the Arizona Worm Farm and pulls out a handful of dirt. It’s full of squirming worms buried just beneath the surface. Located near ...

What makes a hobby when you are 40 and looking for an economy-positive activity to pour all your passion into? “My childhood memories led me to agriculture,” Dr Freddie Acosta of Strathmore Business ...

A few years ago, Peter Kanyagia was an accountant at an insurance firm in the city. After retiring, he decided to go hard on his hobby - farming. Things didn’t go as expected, he was struggling with ...

The shipping container about 15 feet from the barn at the Arizona Worm Farm is a cool 68 degrees compared to the June sun outside. Inside are metal shelves with rows of plastic bins that on the ...

A new study provides a potential tool for unraveling the mystery of how experiences can cause inheritable changes to an animal's biology. By mating nematode worms, they produced permanent epigenetic ...

The Arizona Worm Farm started in 2017 and is halfway through a 10-year plan to create a self-sustaining, zero-waste environment with a focus on vermicomposting. The farm works with a number of ...