The worm turns, or, wriggling to success

•  Cathy Nesbitt runs the quietest farm in North America •  “I set about to do this without any business savvy”   (Total Recorded Time is 23:55)    Farming is actually pretty noisy:  the bleating of sheep, mooing of cows, oinking of pigs and so on. Even an apple orchard can be loud what with birds singing in those trees.  But Cathy Nesbitt is a quiet farmer, perhaps the quietest of all, despite having a thousand head of livestock at any given time.  Ms. Nesbitt raises worms.  For fun – and profit, she says.  In business for more than 20 years selling worms by the pound for indoor composting, Ms. Nesbitt says she stumbled into entrepreneurship.  “I set about to do this without any business savvy,” she says. “Nobody in my family or my circle … was self-employed. I just saw a solution to a big problem.”  The self-made worm advocate says that worms are going to play an ever- increasing role in waste management, soil production and therefore food security.   “Food waste is a simple way that we can mitigate climate change and create 'black gold' to grow more delicious, nutritious food,” Ms. Nesbitt says.   And, she says, “a worm composter offers a tremendous learning opportunity for all ages.”   She says she’s had her share of adversity in building her business.  “You can imagine that not everyone wants to have worms in the house,” she says. “Daily laughter is now a huge part of my health plan.”  Ms. Nesbitt runs a free, weekly “laughter club” via Zoom.  Click here for more information: http://www.cathysclub.com/ For more worm info:  https://www.cathyscomposters.com/