Sergeant Soil: We put our worms in charge!

Sela's 3rd grade class has a little business to pay for the food and supplies for their class pet, a guinea pig named Loopers. All year long they save their food scraps from lunch as well as shredded paper and all of this goes in a box with earthworms. The worms break it down and the end product is what is called worm castings. It is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. They sold their big bags of worm castings last weekend at a University of Washington Garden Fair. By the end of the Garden Fair,they had made about $130 and had sold out. Loopers will be living the good life. I really enjoyed watching the children very enthusiastically explain the process to the people who approached their booth. When business slowed down, they took to the streets and tried to steer people to their table. And who can resist a child selling a $6 dollar bag of worm poop? And if worm poop isn't enough, well, they offered a free gummy worm with every purchase.
Sold.