Ivan Chan, HK
Ivan Chan, HK
Our next guest is a worm farmer from Hong Kong, which is pretty rare over there. In a place where agriculture is almost absent, Ivan is trying to promote the benefits of vermicomposting for the environment.
I started vermicomposting for almost 4.5 years. I first heard of it when I was studying in Canada and later heard of it again in a local( Hong Kong) newspaper that talked about a company named TerraCycle. I was obsessed with this idea as it is meaningful and environmental friendly. Then I started doing a lot of research about it. Too bad that there aren ' t too much information about vermicomposting in Chinese so I have learned most of the knowledge from redwormcomposting. com hosted by Bentley. I am a person that never likes my full time job and one day I decided to start my side business which is to buy two plastic bins, coconut coir, 100 red
worms and a power drill with a lot of faith on it. Obviously, it is harder than it sounds and it’ s also funny that I have encountered almost every beginner’ s mistake.
I have been obsessed with vermicomposting because I found out“ The more I learned, the more I realize how much I don ' t know”
about the nature. The learning seems like will never ended and the experience is fascinating! There is no doubt that as a beginner I made a lot of mistakes such as over-feeding, fruit flies problem, anaerobic, buying a lot of Indian blue instead of red worms... etc. I have solved most of the problem with the great help of different member from the Facebook group“ Red Worm Composting ". and working hard on it in Hong Kong. This is the main reason that I joined WFA and there are a lot of good information for me! The only drawback for me is it ' s really too much information and sometimes I don ' t have time to read them all. However, I am very satisfied with WFA!
As one of the WFAer George Mingin said you need to have“ A keen interest or passion for working with worms”. I think WFA is not for everyone but for people who is very serious about vermicomposting and planning / started to make a business on vermicomposting. If you are one of those people, you will get a lot of great information. There are a lot of expert sharing their experience and knowledge.
I like the idea of " creepy jeans " from Bentley a lot and it later become a worm inn. Right now I am promoting vermicomposting
Worm Bin Man Hong Kong
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