ABSTRACT
I Introduction .................................................................................................. 370 II Vermicomposting or Vermiculture ............................................................... 370 III Feedstock as Income versus Expense ........................................................... 371 IV Temperate Regions Predominate in Vermicomposting ................................ 371 V Factors In¯uencing Differences in Vermicomposting Systems ................... 372 VI Earthworm Species Used in Vermicomposting ............................................ 372 VII Commercial Vermiculture as Private Enterprise .......................................... 373 VIII Sales of Vermicomposts and Vermicompost Teas ........................................ 373 IX Vermicomposts or Earthworm Castings? ..................................................... 374 X West Coast Operations-Early History in California .................................. 375
A North American Bait Farms .................................................................. 375 B Vermicomposting Biosolids in Fallbrook, California ............................ 376 C Canyon Recycling, San Diego, California ............................................. 376 D Vermicomposting Organic Residuals from Material Recovery
Facilities ................................................................................................. 377 E Rainbow Worm Farm, Davis, California ............................................... 379 F Paci¤c Landscape Supply (Formerly American Resource
Recovery), Vernalis, California ............................................................. 379 XI Current West Coast Operations ....................................................................380
