Carolina Worm Castings Moves to Pittsboro

For Immediate Release

May 6, 2010

Contact Information:  Ben Reckendorf  919-255-8527

Pittsboro, North Carolina;  Carolina Worm Castings announced today that it is acquiring the vermiculture assets and business of Piedmont Biofarm, and moving its operations to Piedmont Biofuels’ Eco Industrial Park.

Ben Reckendorf, president of Carolina Worm Castings, said, “We are excited about this move because it will expand our product offerings.”

Formerly located in Apex, North Carolina, Carolina Worm Castings had outgrown its previous space.  Worm castings are a valuable soil amendment derived by feeding compost, or food scraps to worms.

Ana Maria and Ben sitting on a pallet of worm castings at their new home in Pittsboro.

Piedmont Biofarm was also generating worm castings, but will exit that business to focus on its vegetable production and seed saving endeavors.

“Piedmont’s unique continuous flow digesters were part of the attraction of this deal,” Reckendorf said.  The combined entity will continue to sell castings, and with the expanded space will start selling live worms, vemiculture digesters, and worm composting workshops.

Carolina Worm Castings system is based on African Night Crawlers in batch digesters using compost as feedstock.  Piedmont Biofarm’s system is based on Red Wigglers in continuous flow digesters using pre-consumer food waste as feedstock.  Both systems will be deployed and on display at Piedmont’s Eco Industrial Park.

Piedmont Biofuels’ Eco Industrial Park is on the eastern edge of Pittsboro, and is now home to ten different ecologically minded companies.  It offers free tours to the public every Sunday afternoon at 1:00.