Working smoothly under the soil surface, churning and digesting the coffee pulp residues and transforming it into nutritious humus; the iridescent ladies of the dark turn the waste of the coffee washing station into beautiful, vitamin-rich organic fertilizer. Who are these creatures? Rwandan worms!
The RFC organic fertilizer program is well underway in Rwanda. The best fertilizer for coffee is a mixture of water, molasses, lime and EM (effective microbes) which helps breakdown the coffee pulp into soil like black matter. Add worms to this cocktail and they digest it further, making it a complete fertilizer for coffee trees.
So far, RFC’s agronomic program in Rwanda has trained 20 farmers and washing station staff how to make this fertilizer from coffee pulp waste which otherwise would contaminate the surrounding area. 
Children in the community have become involved as well, bringing worms to the pulp mixing site; this organic fertilizer will be donated to the cherry suppliers while a new generation of coffee farmers learn first hand how to improve the soil health.
The RFC organic fertilizer program is well underway in Rwanda. The best fertilizer for coffee is a mixture of water, molasses, lime and EM (effective microbes) which helps breakdown the coffee pulp into soil like black matter. Add worms to this cocktail and they digest it further, making it a complete fertilizer for coffee trees.
So far, RFC’s agronomic program in Rwanda has trained 20 farmers and washing station staff how to make this fertilizer from coffee pulp waste which otherwise would contaminate the surrounding area. Children in the community have become involved as well, bringing worms to the pulp mixing site; this organic fertilizer will be donated to the cherry suppliers while a new generation of coffee farmers learn first hand how to improve the soil health.
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