1997 Purpose

    This year's experiment deals specifically with
chemicals and substances which can be added to the
worm bins in order to speed up the process of
vermicomposting.  As an extension of last year's
experiment, "Effectiveness of Vermicomposting on
Various Household Materials," this experiment both
continues with our original purpose of assisting to
reduce the universal problems of accumulating
garbage and stands on its own as an experiment to
assist others in the field of vermicomposting.  Last
year, the purpose was to discover which common
household materials the worms could compost and at
what rate, whereas this year, chemicals were added to
the bins to speed up the rate of vermicomposting
itself.  The purpose of this year's project was to
discover what professional vermiculturists and home
vermicomposters alike may do to have a more effective
environment in which the worms can compost materials
at a faster, thus a more helpful, rate.  Leading
vermiculturists(technical scientists, field researchers,
authors of vermicomposting literature) all across
North America helped us to determine what substances
might be helpful to experiment with.  We will be
sending them our results so that they might use them
to benefit in their own field of research.