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There’s a PhD student studying this at Cornell - I think in the Horticulture Department. They’ve got tabs on all the research. You might want to contact them.
Thanks,
Jackie
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Hey Godsil,
Vegetable Growers News had an article on vermicomposting a month or two ago. It contained names of academic researchers who had fantastic finding about the benefits of worms, castings and tea. This is a publication primarily for commercial growers (skeptical of this “local sustainable” shit) so I thought it significant. Donīt have the info handy but know they do have an online version of the magazine.
Jay
(I found the site he mentioned: http://www.vegetablegrowersnews.com/ but couldn’t find the article. Ty.)
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Check out blueridge vermiculturehe is a local expert
Marjorie
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Dear James,
I’d suggest contacting a former colleague who has done a great deal of work on vermiculture. You can access her website at: www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman/ If you contact her via email or phone, don’t hesitate to mention that I referred you.
Good luck,
Ken
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Dear James,
We have the first scientific book on vermicomposting coming out in early September 2010. Earthworms, Organic Waste and Environmental Management is being published by CRC Press. It will contain 34 chapters with contributors from all over the world.
Most of the vermicompost studies conducted in the United States have taken place at Ohio State University. To access a lot of their studies you can go to the Soil Ecology Lab website which is linked to my website.
My website is http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman When you get to this site, you will first see information about my upcoming vermiculture conference in May. It is the only training in the U.S. on large-scale vermicomposting. The top vermicomposting researchers will be sharing the results of their experiments.
If you scroll down and click on Vermicomposting, you will find a long list of resources, including the link to the Soil Ecology Lab.
I hope you can join us at the conference.
All the best,
Rhonda
Rhonda Sherman
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
NC State University Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.6770
rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman
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Hi James,
There are literally thousands of these studies.
Here is a good one from a respected source.
http://www.yelmworms.com/Jim%20Jensen’s%20report.htm
If you google Clive Edwards (Considered the foremost authority on worms), or Rhonda Sherman at the University of North Carolina, they will also have lots of publications.
Regards,
Jerry Gach
WWW.TheWormDude.Com
WWW.TheWormInn.Com
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Hello,
A colleague forwarded these postings along to me. There are a couple of studies available on the Worm Power (large vermicomposting operation in Avon, NY) website: http://www.wormpower.net/worm-castings/content.php?k=27 If these are not sufficient, or you would like to know about more studies, let me know - I have a contact at Cornell University that is doing research.
Adam Michaelides
Program Manager, Compost Education
CCETC
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This seems like a good resource. I haven’t really delved into it yet, but I think this is what you are referring to.
www.worms.com/worm-pdfs/worm%20research%20centre2.pdf
Notably, this research indicates that vermicompost seems to help eliminate contaminates in soil.
kim