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    Good Food

    Worm Composting

    Worm advocate Cathy Nesbitt raises red wiggler worms for "vermicomposting," composting kitchen waste into fertilizer. Nesbitt, whose company is Cathy’s Crawly Composters , in Ontario, Canada, is also the subject of the new documentary, Squirm . Music break: El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited) by Calexico

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Worm advocate Cathy Nesbitt raises red wiggler worms for "vermicomposting," composting kitchen waste into fertilizer. Nesbitt, whose company is Cathy’s Crawly Composters, in Ontario, Canada, is also the subject of the new documentary, Squirm.

    Music break: El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited) by Calexico

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    ArtBites; MoneyMaker Water Pump; Drink Vinegar; Chicken Knees
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 7:20ArtBites
    3. 14:22Drinking Vinegars
    4. 21:29Worm CompostingYou’re reading this
    5. 29:18Hot Wings and Chicken Knees
    6. 36:49MoneyMaker Water Pump
    7. 45:01Dia de los Reyes Magos
    8. 51:31Serving Breast Milk
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    ArtBites; MoneyMaker Water Pump; Drink Vinegar; Chicken Knees
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 7:20ArtBites
    3. 14:22Drinking Vinegars
    4. 21:29Worm CompostingYou’re reading this
    5. 29:18Hot Wings and Chicken Knees
    6. 36:49MoneyMaker Water Pump
    7. 45:01Dia de los Reyes Magos
    8. 51:31Serving Breast Milk
    Back to Good Food