After all the hot air and heated debates in Johannesburg this past few weeks at the Earth Summit, it's refreshing to read that the Earth Worm summit currently underway at Cardiff University is progressing without hitch.
Scientists have converged to discuss and deliberate upon the 3,000 species of the humble but utterly invaluable earthworms now known.
"The ordinary earthworm may seem an unlikely candidate for one of the world's 'keystone organisms', but in reality it is a complex creature," says conference organiser Dr John Morgan from Cardiff's school of biosciences.
"Literally thousands of scientists worldwide consider the earthworm to be an important ally in advancing environmental and biomedical research."
Mushroom industry experts are also aware of the importance in the scheme of things of vermiculture and how the humble worm can help eradicate the ubiquitous problem of SMC!
