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# Vermicomposting:  Let Worms to the Dirty Work
- URL: https://ktna.org/vermicomposting-let-worms-to-the-dirty-work/
- Published: 2013-10-24T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-24T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: by: Melis Coady According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans throw away up to 40 percent of their food, making food waste is the single largest contributor to our
- Author: Phillip Manning
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

by: Melis Coady

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans throw away up to 40 percent of their food, making food waste is the single largest contributor to our landfills. One Talkeetna family has risen to the challenge of eliminating food waste in our local landfill. KTNA’s Melis Coady gets a lesson from the Robinson’s on recycling food, takes home a new family pet, and learns about the next era of feces removal from Denali.

[20131022- Worms](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/media/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131022-worms.mp3?ref=ktna.org)