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Vermicompost

Vermicompost is the product of earthworms + soil/compost (worm bedding) + organic matter (kitchen scraps) + time.

Simply put the earthworms eat the food and poop out vermicompost.

There is a study that found that vermicompost suppresses some plant diseases (more reading needed as to whether this is using Animal Manure - Research from animals that were exposed to antibiotics.

“Without the work of this humble creature, who knows nothing of the benefits he confers upon mankind, agriculture, as we know it, would be very difficult, if not wholly impossible” CHARLES DARWIN ON EARTHWORMS, 1881

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