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15 kilometers from Timișoara, I met a different farm: an earthworm farm. The business, started with the help of European funds, represents, for Romanian agriculture, an important source of vermicompost. A veritable black gold, a natural fertilizer in high demand, especially in organic agriculture. The earthworm farm represents an investment of 300,000 euros, of which 70% were non-refundable European funds. One secret to getting quality vermicompost is using sheep manure. And not just any garbage, but the one collected from stabled animals. Before being packaged, the fertilizer is granulated, maintaining a humidity of about 30%, which allows the product to be applied to the field with the help of agricultural machinery. -------- The material was broadcast on August 30, 2022 in the program Fermieri României, on TVR 1, a co-production of TVR and Agrointeligența.