Vermicomposting: How worms can reduce our waste - Matthew Ross
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
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Nearly one third of our food ends up in the trash can. There is hope, however, in the form of worms, which naturally convert organic waste into fertilizer. Matthew Ross details the steps we can all take to vermicompost at home -- and why it makes good business sense to do so.
Lesson by Matthew Ross, animation by Cinematic Sweden.
Meanwhile there's a rumour running wild amongst earthworms that a two legged giant species called humans is showing rising interest in their poop and is even willing to pay fresh food in return.
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"fresh food" haha maybe the worms are farming us!
It’s a mutual exchange
Just bought my first bag of red wriggler worms. I cook for myself and my husband and realized I toss a lot of cut veggies and sometimes rotten fruit. So excited to do this!
I hope u are still at it..another way to get rid of some of those amazon moves that came thanks to covid.
Its amazing how something as small and seemingly unimportant as a worm can change the world. It just shows majestic nature is.
+Brenna R ya it is amazing and if everyone did it then there would be not as much trash in the landfill. Nature can take care of almost anything and its amazing that it can just do that by itself. TO EVERYBODY: DON"T WASTE YOUR FOOD!!!!!! COMPOST IT INSTEAD!!!!
Yess!!!
@@vashchen3860 same!
We are taught to build something. We often forget that death, destruction, and decomposition are also important part of nature, giving way for new lives.
Yess
I work in one of the largest landfills in the state and I will say, the amount of food that comes in to the landfill in any given day is absolutely deplorable. It sickens me to no end seeing tons of food items being thrown away do to blemishes or imperfections.
@Svetla Nikolova sadly I would lose my job if I removed waste from the property
Okay, the thing that person said about "COMPOST OUTSIDE!" and that worm poop stinks... no.
If your worm bin stinks, it's 100% your own fault for putting too much waste in, and most likely causing anaerobic conditions on top of that. There's no reason a well-managed bin should smell bad. The only scent a properly maintained bin has is a slightly sweet smell of earth/dirt. You can stick your face right into the bin with waste in it, and especially if it's been buried, you don't smell jack shit. Even when you dig around in it to turn it or add more food to bury, you don't smell much of anything. The only exception I've had was the one time I added some jasmine tea, and a few days later I accidentally uncovered, and I smelled... pleasant jasmine. It hadn't started decomposing much, and it certainly didn't stink.
I recently got a composting bin, and by not overloading it with waste, it doesn't smell at all.
+horohorosrin You're telling me that these worms will do all the work? If I would do it right I wouldn't be left with a fungus and bacteria infected bin? Cause it sounds like that's exactly what will happend.
MrDingez
If you have fungus and bacteria to a negative point, you're doing something wrong. The worms feed on mold and shit, so. Otherwise, if you did happen to have fungus and bacteria, it's beneficial. It breaks down the compost for the worms to eat. This is how a compost bin works...
Thanks for your answer :)
MrDingez
Yup. Just remember not to overfeed if you start one, and it'll be fine. If you overthink it, I think that's when you start to have problems.
My parents used to make me eat all the rice grains I drop on table .. First I thought that's humiliating .. But later I understand they are trying to teach me value of food and anyway I stopped dropping food .. Same in Japanese and some other Asian culture . It's parents who should teach kids the value of food .. Parents are always the first and best teacher ..
agreed
Earthworm to Bacteria: “Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a Worm, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!”
suDz LOL
@@couterei.1953 Hans, where is my flammenwerfer? I must brisket my eyeballs.
Witty
In my country if you don't finish your food on your plate (*rather in a buffet or restourants*)
They charge you
where do you live?
I work in a restaurant. At home I reckon I waste less than 5% of food (I'm very careful). At work we throw away about 50%. Averages don't necessarily tell the whole story!
Same
@@alisonlaett9625 .......
What country is that?
3:10 the best part
my worm c:
nicolas B. IKR😂
You are so right I lost it laughing!
LMAO
This video is one of the reasons why I started my own worm bin, and now I vlog about them to somehow encourage other people to start their own as well.
I'm doing as much research as possible, cause I want to start a worm bin as well
@@theknockoutladysaint23 It's a great hobby to have. ☺️
the evil laugh hahah
Mwhahhahahahhahahahahah
I'm a beginner gardener and I will never mind if the city came here with a truck load of compost. I'm bout to make a farm in my backyard.
I hope a community garden set up will be done for every town and city and make student, volunteers to be a part of composting activities. This is very helpful, all the harvest can be use by the people in the community for free.
I started my vermiculture last july 2016, i started with 1 lbs of red wiggler, now I have them in 4 compose bin. It multiply like crazy, I am happy that this will help me composting and fertilize my plants, vege, fruit trees, flowers, etc. . Your info encourage more people to do the same. Great job!
Yeah, that'll never work.
Maria Morales force not volunteer
Student: "My worm ate my homework"
Teacher: "You mean your dog?"
Student: "Nope!"
This video is amazing! My goal for this year is to make a compost (in an apartment 😟) but now after this, IM EXCITED!
Lovely naivety! Matthew's childish enthusiasm brings a smile on my face, it's like watching a great bit of comedy. The acts of individuals will not make a noticeable impact of any sort on the amount of waste since most waste comes from the sources of our food; factories cutting the crusts off of slices of bread, strict EU regulations forcing curved cucumbers to be binned and vast amounts of quality produce simply don't get sold.
There is! Under the view count click on the transcript icon (little box with lines and a black bar). AND, you can scroll ahead or back at your own pace, better than captions. Check it out, see if that helps.
Excellent! I'd love to try this!
In a previous house I owned my husband built me a 4’x8’x3’ raised garden bed. I added 2 pounds of red worms to the bed. There were several spots where I tossed some of my food scraps. I even got to the point where I asked family members to save some of their scraps for me for the bed. Due to the scraps I got extra fruits and vegetables. So to whoever gave me their scraps I gave them free fresh produce.
I just wish we hadn’t moved. I miss my garden bed and my worms.
wowowo hope also you make us another video showing how the food is tranfered into compost by worm through a chemical and biological explanation
What a cute animation! Loved the information.
I really love your work!! Thanks for all the knowledge you have shared with us teded
I can't wait until I am done with school. then I can do things like gardening and composting
Fantastic! As always TED.
THANK YOU! very informative.
Good video excellently explained & 'illustrated'. Thank you for uploading
For indoor compost system it's important to have good drainage, and cover the food with some of the existing compost in the bin. This helps to avoid other critter eating from eating food that would scare away the worms while avoiding odour issue. It also helps to moderate the mold levels. I also avoid putting in anything other than vegetables. FYI never put in rice it smells will put everything out of wack and smells awful.
A new lesson of the day. Great process.
nice, you make it very easy to understand
good analogy in the beginning!
Animations were excellent!
I just realized that when i say i like the smell of rain (or actually the dirt) it just means that i like the smell of worms faeces
The smell is called petrichor, and most of it is not from 'castings'.
When my compost bin smell i just add some dry leave or cardboard
Smelly bin is becouse too much nitrogen material
How can I send you a message?
I would love to share this. I do vermicompost myself.
Excellent idea and presentation. I hope they have these things in space.
Oh wow, I can't believe this comment was from 9 years ago, but I launched my vermicomposting experiment to the International Space Station in November last year!
Check the annotations button and switch to display English annotations. And next to "Add to" you have the command for script which is in realtime.
Him and His Worms Together Forever
Awesome, very informative video
Wow! I've got an idea. Thanks!
thanks for the source for my school project
Nicely explained
I would like to try this
I love using worm compost on my veg tables, I do recommended.
Great idea!
the animation was hilarious i love the animated ted eds
They are using RUclipss native closed captioning feature, you can turn it on near the cog wheel button. Its automatically translated (poorly) into different languages as well.
Great video !!
Love the funny animations!
Love the cartoons, very useful info.
Very informative.
This was a hilariously funny animation. Thank you.
Cuteass video I loved it Thank you for my serotonin today :)
nice vid. a great idea. thanks.
NICEEE ! This is a must try tho. Cause we have a lot of table scraps
Great video. I run a 22000 sqft worm farm. Love watching other video
The best channel on the RUclips 👍💯❤👍💯🌸💎
We do this in my town Onsala in Sweden
Perfect!!
Cool Video! Worms are so important to our soil. I raise 2 million worms to produce castings for my garden and also to teach others how to care for worms. :)
I'm really inspired
Awesome video. And this is one of the reasons I compost. :D
3:05 - 3:15 it's so funny, I would do something like that. Great work.
outstanding outstanding and outstanding
we all need to practice this
Outstandinggg
Thank you. I'm wondering how they would sort biological and chemical contaminates on a large, industrial scale. Is it be feasible? We already know that most people tend to mix the two together, and certain things will inevitably get through any kind of inspection process.
you can use the automatic caption function on youtube. Is pretty accurate.
I'm glad I use shrimp as bait for fishing. Worms are amazing!
very nice
superb
very good
wow......so good
Informative! Funny! I love it
I'm gonna do this when I get home
These videos deserve more likes. unfortunately informative videos will not get much.
❗️dumb question❗️
How do you get the awesome worm soil out without taking the worms out with it?
Sift it.
DJarl Riurik Genius system and worms, thanks!
Really depends how big your setup is. Usually 'by hand' is best. Use gloves. Use care. Red wigglers are known as 'community composters' so they like to ball up together to attack the food. You can transfer the majority if a colony directly into a new bin if it has already been prepared with the bedding, moisture & favorable conditions.
just turn-on the "caption option".. it is on the left side of the the "change quality" function.
2:15
So cute!
😂🤎
In my country if you don’t finish your food
We give them to birds or cats (animals)
Thanks
really inspiring
so really you could have a garden harvest your stuff eat it and the scrapes you could put in the bin and do it all over again
I don’t leave left overs. This is why you should always make good portioned foods.
Even if you don't waste food once it's in your plate, there's plenty of organic waste that is generated while cooking, like peels/stems/roots, coffee grounds/tea leaves, bones, bits that have spoiled that were cut off etc. that could be used in composting.
Soooo many ways to save and produce energy without harming the environment and yet most of it are not being put into practice.
jeg kan lide dit billede
Simple reason why, old habits die hard
What's the difference in by-product between vermicomposting and regular composting?
If youve ever worked as a waiter/waitress/bakery or food business in general you will be blown away by what gets thrown away.
An excellent way to obtain enough worms to start a bin indoors is to lay out a big cardboard box on the ground outside and keep it soaking wet.Pile grass clippings, chopped up leaves and garden scraps on top. The worms will devour the pile and you can just scoop them up along with some of their bedding and put it in a pail or something with a loose fitting lid and throw some vegetable matter in every week or so.
Good video which compels a question: can those urban vermicomposting farms or bins chat by adding pet animal feces to the composting process & thus creating the possibility of e. coli outbreaks in the food fertilizing chain....? or will or can worms digest animal feces? Thirdly how can we recycle or get rid of this stuff as well? Pet animal feces can make us very ill if it gets into food chain, right?
Depends on the animal. Far as i know, chicken rabbit & horse poo is ok for vermicomposts. Cat & dog is bad. If you really want to use them, Better to burn them to ash- then add the ash to an OUTSIDE (non-worm) compost pile. Ash is good for the garden- bad for worms. (Too hot, too dry, too acidic)
Seems domesticated animals live alongside us so we become more vulnerable to each others parasites & biological factors. Cats have several which are especially bad for pregnant women, plus their urine is highly ammonia concentrated. Dogs so easily get infected with worms.
So cool😍
Depends on what it's contaminated with. Most biological contaminates (mold, for instance) will be broken down by the microbes, chemical contaminant will require some knowledge on biochemistry to know what can and cannot be broken down or neutralized (and how to do so). There are probably some guides online for the latter.
Anything else (nuclear contaminates, tachyon/antimatter particle contamination) and you should probably start running... fast.
It would be cool to add subtitles for these videos. It would help people who struggle with english and allow deaf persons to access to the content.
This raises lots of questions for me,such as what material should i use to create the "worm bin"?wood?also how do i sepertate&collect the castings from the other material&what is the equation to find out casting ratio per sq ft?
Wood will be too wet & rot. Most use a plastic tub or bin. Feed them table scraps & leaves.
Separate worms by hand, carefully. & yield depends on how thin you spread it. Use it for seedling starter (half cup each) or in window boxes ( a couple handfuls should be enough) mix it with other medium for raised beds or layer it in trough lines for in-ground use.
If you want to build one by hand, you could use wood (NOT CEDAR OR PINE!) But with a waterproof liner. (Old tarp or waterbed)
Cedar or pine will be too acidic & the worms may smell it & try to escape even if they are not in direct contact with the container.
there is an 'automatic captions' option under CC
Can I share this on my page?
Also the nutrient content of food is diminishing as a result of this food not decomposing for future food production.... Would be good to have systems in place like this for human waste.
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How does the soil compare to of biochar?
nice
Interesting...
Does anyone know where to find or buy the similar worms in Malaysia?