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Worm Power Current Events
Worm Power on NBC Channel 10 News October 2009: Worm Power was a featured new piece on NBC
U.S. Senator Visits Worm Power's New York State Vermicomposting Facility
August 2009: Worm Power was pleased to have Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tour their vermicomposting facility.
Radio Interview with Worm Power's President
July 2009: Station 1040 AM hosted Worm Power's president Tom Herlihy for a radio talk show focusing on vermicomposting and agricultural sustainability. The audio file is large and may take a minute to load.
Worm Power Highlighted on Upcoming PBS Episode on Sustainability in Agriculture
April 2009: Worm Power will be featured in a PBS televised series that focuses on sustainable agriculture. The following video clip is one of the segments that focuses on Worm Power and their unique vermicomposting production process.
Worm Power to Present at the 9th Annual NCSU Vermicomposting Conference
March 2009: Once again, Tom Herlihy will be one of the guest speakers at this year Vermicomposting Conference. This years conference will be held on June 4th and 5th (2009) in Durham, North Carolina. This annual conference will feature the top U.S. worm growers and vermicompost researchers in the industry. Please visit the this link for more information on accommodations and registration.
Worm Power on ABC Channel 13 WHAM News
November 2008: The Worm Power facility was a featured news piece on ABC.
Worm Power presents to the Cornell Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
November 2008: Large Scale Dairy Manure Vermicomposting in NY State: Horticultural applications and impacts on plant-associated microbial communities, presented by Thomas Herlihy, PE Executive Director, RT Solutions LLC and Allison L H Jack, MS, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University.
Detailed information can be found here.
Worm Power presents at the 8th Annual NCSU Vermicomposting Conference
May 19th and 20th, 2008: Tom Herlihy was invited to be a speaker at this years conference. Worm Power's two presentations focused on (1) large-scale vermicomposting (site design, process design, permitting and construction) and (2) large-scale application and marketing of vermicompost. The conference hosted over 65 people from 18 states and 2 countries. A link to each of the Worm Power presentations are given below.
Presentation #1 (Large Scale Vermicomposting)
Presentation #2 (Application and Marketing of Vermicompost)
The Worm Power Story
August 18th, 2007: Learn about Worm Power - the Company - the Process - the Story
Worm Power Featured on the History Channels "Modern Marvels"
July 19th, 2007: The Worm Power vermicompost facility and worm casting production process was highlighted on a recent episode of Modern Marvels titled "Fertilizers of the Future".
Worm Power Featured Webcast:
December 14th, 2007: Topic - Innovative manure treatment technologies as demonstrated through the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program. The webcast was made possible by the National Livestock and Poultry Evironmental Learning Center.
Worm Power on the ABC News
Worm Power Featured on Garden Radio Talk Show (WYSL)
August 4th, 2007: Hear about Worm Power as broadcasted on the Naturally Green Show (Savor Life series).
Worm Power President Speaks at International Vermicomposting Conference in India
June 4th, 2007: Thomas Herlihy, President of Worm Power, recently completed an assignment as an invited speaker/consultant at the Indo-US Workshop on Vermitechnology in Human Welfare held in Coimbatore, India, June 4-7, 2007. Worm Power was selected as the sole industry participant to discuss vermicomposting technology in large-scale production using a process controlled system. Results of their company’s flagship facility and product development were presented to the international workshop which included leading vermicomposters from across the world.
NYS RTS 5 & 20 Tourism Promotion Groups has Kick-off Event at Worm Power in Avon
July 12th, 2007: "This year the Routes 5 & 20 Tourism Promotion Group is putting the spotlight on the agri-tourism opportunities along a 135-mile stretch of this historic highway." Get more information at the groups website or the related newspaper article.
Television Segments
1. Worm Power on the News ABC Channel 13 WHAM (2006)
2. Worm Power TV commercial (2007)
3. Worm Power on the History Channel - Modern Marvels "Fertilizer of the Future" (2007)
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
1. Worm Power in GrowerTalks Greenhouse Magazine (2008)
2. Worm Power in Greenhouse Grower Magazine (2008)
3. Worm Power in Holstein World (2005)
4. Worm Power in the Rochester Democrat & Cronicle (2007)
5. Worm Power in the Livingston County News (2007)
Internet Articles
1. Science Daily (2007)
2. Red Worm Composting (2007)
3. Worm Digest (2007)
4. Compost TV (2007)
Photos
Worm Power Vermicomposting Facility in Avon, New York
 
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