Cooperation with WormUp: There's a catch

Did you know that earthworms are as important for maintaining fertile and healthy soil as bees are for pollinating our plants?

Healthy soils are not only a prerequisite for healthy nutrition. They are also crucial for climate change. The tunnel systems dug by the worms in the soil and the crumbly worm humus prevent floods and droughts. Vital, humus-rich soil binds more CO₂ over a longer period than depleted soil.

The consequences of industrial agriculture and the sealing of our soils threaten wild bees as much as earthworms. In discussions with our friends at WormUp, we realized that we have many common themes in our missions. These include biodiversity, raising awareness, balcony gardening, and natural, circular food production. Both focus on small creatures, and they are crucial for the quality of life on our planet. This is how our cooperation with WormUp came about.

With practical and stylish worm composting systems, organic waste is conveniently and odorlessly recycled at home or in the garden into nutrient-rich organic fertilizer with the help of worms. This way, natural cycles can easily be closed even in urban areas. We think that's great!

1. In Germany and Switzerland, there are 46 species, in Austria 62, and worldwide even over 3000 different species of earthworms.
2. More than half of the species living in Germany and Switzerland are considered endangered. The most common are the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) and the composting worm (Eisenia fofoetida). The latter is the one you can get to know thanks to the WormUp composter. 🙂
3. Earthworms are important indicator animals for soil contamination. Therefore, they are collected by soil scientists and analyzed for chemical soil toxins.
4. Earthworms breathe through their skin.
5. Earthworms move with the help of very fine bristles that provide resistance as the animals push through the soil.
6. Earthworms have a brain and five pairs of hearts.
7. Earthworms are hermaphrodites but mate with each other and lay cocoons from which several young hatch.

Get yourself industrious helpers for your garden or balcony and flatmates for your wild bees with the WormUp HOME now. The earthworms will transform your organic waste into valuable fertilizer without odors.