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                    [ArticleID] => 334908
                    [Title] => Cultured earthworms  as human food
                    [Summary] => In a television reality show, a man was shown eating a lot of live earthworms with gusto. This was repulsive to many viewers. Are earthworms really edible? Are they safe to eat?


Earthworms are terrestrial invertebrates that have been used as human food for ages. They are in fact considered a delicacy by the natives of Africa, South America, Japan, China, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1754977 [AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero II, PhD [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327340 [Title] => Bulacan town tries microcomposting [Summary] => HAGONOY, Bulacan — The leaders of this fishing town are putting their hopes on earthworms to improve its primary industry and to address solid waste management problems.

Mayor Felix Ople told The STAR over the weekend that vermicomposting, a process that converts household and farm biodegradable wastes to organic fertilizer using earthworms, can accomplish two things — production of organic fertilizer and vermimeal as a substitute for imported fish meal.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302755 [Title] => Earthworms are not only for the birds [Summary] => To most people, the mere mention of worms is enough to make them shriek or curdle in fear and detestation.

Are all worms really that abominable?

Not so, if you know and believe in the science of soil biology, the study of living organisms in the soil.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1754979 [AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero III, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205680 [Title] => Rice terraces earthworms as animal feed [Summary] => BANAUE, Ifugao – Farmers here have welcomed a government project that aims to eradicate or control giant earthworms that have for years been destroying the world-famous rice terraces in the Cordillera.

The project, titled "Assessment and Utilization of Earthworms in Banaue Rice Terraces," is a joint undertaking of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (DOST-PCAMRD).
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Cultured earthworms  as human food
                    [Summary] => In a television reality show, a man was shown eating a lot of live earthworms with gusto. This was repulsive to many viewers. Are earthworms really edible? Are they safe to eat?


Earthworms are terrestrial invertebrates that have been used as human food for ages. They are in fact considered a delicacy by the natives of Africa, South America, Japan, China, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1754977 [AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero II, PhD [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327340 [Title] => Bulacan town tries microcomposting [Summary] => HAGONOY, Bulacan — The leaders of this fishing town are putting their hopes on earthworms to improve its primary industry and to address solid waste management problems.

Mayor Felix Ople told The STAR over the weekend that vermicomposting, a process that converts household and farm biodegradable wastes to organic fertilizer using earthworms, can accomplish two things — production of organic fertilizer and vermimeal as a substitute for imported fish meal.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302755 [Title] => Earthworms are not only for the birds [Summary] => To most people, the mere mention of worms is enough to make them shriek or curdle in fear and detestation.

Are all worms really that abominable?

Not so, if you know and believe in the science of soil biology, the study of living organisms in the soil.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1754979 [AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Rafael D. Guerrero III, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205680 [Title] => Rice terraces earthworms as animal feed [Summary] => BANAUE, Ifugao – Farmers here have welcomed a government project that aims to eradicate or control giant earthworms that have for years been destroying the world-famous rice terraces in the Cordillera.

The project, titled "Assessment and Utilization of Earthworms in Banaue Rice Terraces," is a joint undertaking of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (DOST-PCAMRD).
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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