: Vermicomposting truly is nature’s great disappearing net! Aristotle once said, Worms are the Intestines of the Earth”. Using worms to convert decomposing food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer is simple, expensive, energy efficient, and a great way to teach students to become life-long recyclers. As a process for handling organic residuals, it represents an alternative approach in waste management, in as much as the material is neither land filled nor burned hut is considered a resource that may be recycled.