Annelida Soil Solutions has a 90,000-sq.-foot facility in Nisku, that has about 80 million worms that collectively weigh about 36,000 kilograms. They live in one-metre-deep worm beds that are 24 metres long by 2.4 metres wide and are vertically stacked like bunk beds up to several stories high.

Alberta company deploys worm army to improve soils

Annelida Soil Solutions won an innovation award for its soil amendment based on worm castings

Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – An Alberta company wants to turn poop from about 80 million worms into a natural superfood for the soil. “Essentially, what we’re doing is using Mother Nature and creating a soil microbiome through our technology,” said Jamie DePape, co-founder and director of sales for Annelida Soil Solutions Ltd. “And it might sound […] Read more