Worms castings made from hog wastes are a very powerful fertilizer. They contain beneficial microbes and enzymes that are not found in other organic fertilizers and are absent from all chemical fertilizers.

The Help For The Hungry project is focused on increasing worm casting production hundreds of times over its current output.

Generally, if you raise pigs efficiently, you make money.  (That's why people are in the hog farming business.)  But like all agricultural commodities, the prices in the pig market are variable.  If the price of feed goes up and the price of pigs goes down in the same year, it is impossible to make a profit from pigs.  To protect the farmer, a second source of income is needed.  Worms, and the high quality fertilizer they produce, provide this extra income through a more stable market.  The chickens, eggs and vegetables that the project produces also help diversify income and reduce risk.

Adding worm beds to the pig house can make the project more likely to succeed.

The following table shows the economics of adding worms.

A report on a beta project with plans and photos for adding worms will be forthcoming late this fall.