Billions of California red wriggly worms are hard at work cleaning up the coffee industry. Yes, worms. Coffee industry leader Rogers Family Company has been using the worms to combat water contamination caused by mounds of rotting coffee pulp. Using the only tool at their disposal – their “prodigious digestive talents” — the worms convert waste pulp into organic fertilizer.
The fertilizer in turn helps replenish nutrients in depleted soil, which in turn helps to restore ecosystems that support organic coffee farms that double as nature habitats. As an extra green bonus, the worms can also produce biogas — just like biogas from cow manure, only without the hooves and such-all.