Wish List: $1700 for live worms.

The Abundance Foundation is collaborating with Piedmont Biofarm, Screech Owl Greenhouse, Piedmont Biofuels and Brian Rosa with NC DENR – DPPEA to install the first permitted vermiculture project in the state of North Carolina.
Piedmont BioFarms is an organization that believes in “keeping it local.�  The basis for doing this project is to, essentially, “complete the loop� in the food waste stream created by Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro, NC.   We are providing locally grown, organic produce to Chatham Marketplace for the produce section, as well as to the deli. Currently, the kitchen waste is being landfilled, which does not bring any benefits back into the community in Pittsboro.  Using vermicomposting, Piedmont BioFarms will take the pre-consumer food waste and create a marketable product (worm castings) that will be available to the customers at Chatham Marketplace (a.k.a. “completing the loop�).  This keeps all products and revenue within the community.  In addition, the vermicomposting project has educational value.  It is also stands as a demonstrative entity for those that do visit the site, showing that it is possible to create a beneficial product out of solid waste.