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Edmond Dantes
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 British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/21 11:36 This is a question for Patricia Wright,

Patricia, do you know of any papers published by any Brits that give credit to who began the contemporary vermicomposting movement. Did this start in the United States or over across the big pond in your neck of the woods?
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Patricia Wright
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 Re:British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/21 12:01 Edmond,

I have found an article written by Sir Albert Howard. It was written in March of 1947. There are references made to a Dr. Oliver who had an experimental farm in Las Angeles, California back in 1927.

There could be more information relating to your question.

I emailed the admin of this site through the Contact Us section on the Home Page of this website. He promptly put the above mentioned article in the Search Articles area. It is under the heading of Reading, Literature and Education. The article is titled, Harnessing The Earthworm.
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Edmond Dantes
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 Re:British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/21 12:04 Patricia,

Thank you! This is a great start. Also, thank you Worm Digest admin for posting the article so quickly.
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 Re:British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/23 10:15 Patricia -

Thank you for the article. It is marvelous. I'm very impressed by this site and the people who use it. I'm fascinated by the Rodale link in this process. I suppose it stands to reason that he would have his fingerprints on the process somewhere along the way!

Cheers!
Alfred
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Dick
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 Re:British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/25 04:01 Earthworming as we know it today does indeed owe a great deal to the Brits. The first person to study (or even much notice) the earthworm was, of course, no less than Charles Darwin. Some have suggested that the lack of research on earthworms is because Darwin did such a complete job that there is little to add. Besides who wants to compete with one of the great minds in history?

The other huge contribution that comes to mind right away is the "flow thru" or "reactor" type of worm bin environment. It was developed by a researcher at one of the Oxbridge colleges who's name is on the tip om my tongue and likely to stay there for the time being.

And of course, we also owe our very worms to the Euros, as very few North American worms made it through the last ice age. In all, the study of worms seem to be a very international endeavor.

Dick
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Almora
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 Re:British Earthworm Literature - 2005/09/25 04:48 Oh, yes, Rodale must be involved. It was over 30 years ago when I began subscribing to Organic Gardening published by Rodale Press. That was my introduction to worm farming and the books I purchased on organic gardening. Although I was afraid of worms at the time, after I had read about the many benefits of worms for our environment, I just had to "get my hands on the redworms". I immediately placed my order for redworms from one of the advertisers in the classified section. I anxiously awaited the arrival of my redworms. My mother and grandmother thought maybe my head should be examined for my effort in setting up my worm boxes in my basement. They just could not see how such tiny worms were going to do what I desired. I happily brewed up an urn of coffee for my worms even though I did not even drink coffee. I quickly got over my fear of worms. But my worms performed so well in developing cocoons, many baby worms, and worm castings, to going into a large compost pile in my backyard for speedier decompostion. How happy I was to use the finished product in my heavy clay yard and indoor light gardens. The redworms provided for my garden, lawn, and indoor plants the results for which I was striving and anticipating. It was due to Rodale Press that I got involved in raising redworms.
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