Question from Andreas:

I live in an eco-village and we´ve been contacted by a large music festival who would like to give their coffee grounds to us. They say they will have somewhere around a ton. I´m kinda tempted to take it on, but I only have a few small systems – do you think there is any feasible way to handle the grounds with worms?

Hi Andreas,

This takes me back to the times I 1) decided to take all the compost-friendly food waste from a very popular local restaurant, and later, 2) started taking all the coffee grounds produced by a local coffee shop!

Good times…goooood times!!
😆

Joking aside, these were both very valuable learning experiences, and – all in all – they resulted in a lot more “good” than “bad”! But as you might already have guessed, I will definitely recommend that you proceed with caution.

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