After seeing the positive impacts composting had on the quality of the soil and the health of the plants, Restoration Oaks Ranch owner and Wild Farmland Foundation Executive Director Ed Seaman decided to delve deeper into different types of compost. Through his research, he discovered vermicastVermicast: The product of the decomposition process using various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. – the “black gold” of compost – and was inspired to launch his own worm farm to be able to create this nutrient-rich soil amendment.