What is meant by vermiculture, vermicomposting, and vermistabilization?
“Vermiculture” refers to the science of breeding and raising earthworms. Such methods provide a unique opportunity to recover large quantities of organic wastes, converting them, as in manufacturing, into valuable products for agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and pollution management. Though quite different from conventional thermophilic composting, these methods are commonly referred to as “vermicomposting.
