Support the Worm Project
Help us build The Worm Project
Every week, local cafes send hundreds of kilos of coffee grounds and food scraps to landfill, where they release potent greenhouse gases. In partnership with the Johnson Ohana Foundation, we are establishing a commercial-scale worm farming system at Green Thumb Farm to turn that waste into rich soil that grows food for the community.
Farm Friends
We invite you to support our mission and be a part of a change for good.
How Will the Worm Project Work:
1. Food waste from our community is collected at Green Thumb Farm.
2. It is transformed into nutrient-rich castings through the high-capacity worm farming system that we will install at the farm.
3. These are returned to the soil to grow fresh, healthy food again.
Why it is Important:
Each year, we will divert around 7 tonnes of café food scraps and coffee grounds from landfill. The Impact:
- We will stop 13.87 tonnes of CO2 and 548kg of methane from entering the sky. That is the same impact as taking 3 passenger cars off road for a full year!
- We will turn "scraps" into 2,000 litres of microbe-rich castings to fertilize our community crops.
- The system becomes a hands-on learning site where local schools and families see the circular economy in action.
We Need Your Help
To bring The Worm Project to life, we need to install a commercial worm farm at Green Thumb Farm.
The total cost is $6,839. Right now, we have an incredible opportunity to double our impact. The Johnson Ohana Foundation has generously pledged to match the first $2,500 we raise by November 8th.
Donate today and your gift works twice as hard to fund the system and divert 7.3 tonnes of local cafe waste from landfill every year.
Green Thumb Farm is a registered DGR charity, so donations are tax-deductible.