
An increasing market for earthworms is selling them to others who wish to vermicompost, ranging from sales of a pound or two for beginner backyard “worm farms” to hundreds of pounds to large-scale commercial operations.

Despite these claims, the current major commercial use of earthworms is as bait for freshwater sport fishing.

Some are drawn to the business by extravagant claims of vast potential markets for earthworms in large waste disposal systems and agriculture, and as a source of food for animals. During the past eight decades, many people have raised earthworms as a source of income or as a means of managing organic waste.

Ce developing countries where income opportunities are limited for women, they are achieving financial independence from earthworms and sales of vermicast.
