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Cat & Matt |
Cathy's
Laugh Club
Join us for some laughs.
What is the best advice to
give a worm?
Sleep late! |
World Soil Day:
Dec. 5, 2020
Plants nurture a whole world of
creatures in the soil, that in return feed and protect the
plants. This diverse community of living organisms keeps the
soil healthy and fertile. This vast world constitutes soil
biodiversity and determines the main biogeochemical processes
that make life possible on Earth.
Add your event to the UN Soil Day event map.
This year, by addressing the increasing
challenges of soil management, the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) campaign "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity"
aims to raise awareness of the importance of sustaining healthy
ecosystems and human well-being. By encouraging people around
the world to engage in proactively improving soil health,
the campaign also aims to fight soil biodiversity loss.
Red Wigglers make some of the best soil on the planet.
If we do not act soon, the fertility
of soil will continue to be adversely affected at an alarming
rate, threatening global food supplies and food safety.
Check out the UN Soil Day FAQ page
to find out interesting facts and info on how to get involved. |
Make Soil
Do you have the ingredients (organic waste) but
not the place? MakeSoil.org may be the place
for you. A global movement and online platform where people
come together to make soil.
Soil Makers can easily and safely post their
Soil Sites to our online map, invite their neighbors and friends,
MakeSoil.org is a nonprofit
online platform that matches neighborhood Soil Makers (people
who compost) with nearby Soil Supporters (neighbours, colleagues
and friends who contribute their food ‘waste’
and yard scraps).
To start a Soil Site, or find one near you, visit
MakeSoil.org. |
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What did the woodworm say
to the chair?
It's been nice gnawing you! |
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| The Compost Council of Canada
Saturday December 5th is a global day of celebration
- World Soil Day 2020. This year's theme is all about us,
and the purpose of our work: Keep soil alive, protect soil
biodiversity.
It is the organic matter that is created from
the organics that we recycle that is the important food source
for the critters of the soil. So, a day to celebrate - please
find below some of the "party favours" that will
help with celebration.
For the Love of the Earth,
Susan Antler
Executive Director
The Compost Council of Canada
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Are you up for a Challenge,
A food waste Challenge?
Impact
Canada hopes that you are.
One third of all food produced globally for human
consumption goes to waste. This food accounts for about one
quarter of all water used by the agriculture sector each year,
requires land area greater than the size of China, and generates
around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually. Approximately
31% of Canada’s food supply is wasted annually,
costing an estimated $49.5 billion. Meanwhile, 1 in 7 Canadians
suffer from food insecurity.
Food Waste accounts for
about one quarter of all water used by the agriculture sector
The economic, social and environmental footprint
of food waste is too large to ignore. That is why the Government
of Canada is launching the Food Waste Reduction Challenge,
under the Food Policy for Canada, an initiative which serves
as a roadmap for a healthier and more sustainable food system
for Canada.
The challenge aims to support new innovations
and solutions which can help address the problem of food waste
and loss across the supply chain.
The Food Waste Reduction Challenge is composed
of four different streams:
- A: Business Models that Prevent Food Waste
- B: Business Models that Divert Food Waste
- C: Technologies that Extend the Life of Food
- D: Technologies that Transform Food Waste
Eligible applicants include
the following:
1. Businesses or other for-profit organizations incorporated
in Canada
2. Not-for-profit organizations incorporated in Canada
3. Indigenous organizations and groups located in Canada
4. Post-secondary/academic institutions located in Canada
5. Individuals or groups of individuals based in Canada
6. Non-Canadian individuals and entities |
| Up to $10.8 million in total will
be awarded to semi-finalists, finalists and winners.
To
find details and how to apply follow this link. |
New Video Workshop
Check out Cathy's new Vermicomposting
Workshop
Sponsored by:
York Region Food Network
In this online workshop, Cathy Nesbitt
from Cathy's Crawly Composters will share with us everything
we need to know about vermicomposting! From how to set it
up, why we do it, where to keep it and how to tackle troubleshooting
questions! |
Watch
Workshop video here. |
"If you're sitting
in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just
stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?" |
| Featured Video:
Memories
by One Voice Children's Choir
I was sent this by a friend
... I think it should go global and become the 2020 Christmas
Number 1.
Tissues required ???
~ Karan Russell |
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Mark your calendar.
It's almost here ...
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January 29-31
Welcoming the world.
A Facebook Live
Event
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Advice from An Old Farmer
from Farms.com
"Life is simpler when you plow around
the stump." |
Holiday Specials
Whether you've been naughty or nice,
everyone needs some kindness this year.
*Christmas eve delivery possible in
GTA.
This
year put an L.C. under the tree.
To order a
vermicomposter call: 1-888-775-9495 or
email cathy@cathyscomposters.com |
Made in Canada
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Living
Composter - Christmas Special
Includes: |
$235.00
(reg. $285) |
- Living Composter
(green, black, grey, plum)
- 1 lb. Red Wiggler Worms
- Sure-Close Collection Container
- Sprouter + 200g Sprouting beans
- Latte Mocha combo (stay warm & cozy
with your worms)
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| Living
Composter - Childrens Special
Includes: |
$215.00
(reg. $258) |
- Living Composter
(green, black, grey, plum)
- 1/2 lb. Red Wiggler Worms
- Sure-Close Collection Container
- Pee Wee Book series (all 5 books)
- 2 Hot Choco (because we all need to
stay warm & cozy)
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Sprouting
Paradise
To order Sprouting
Paradise call: 1-888-775-9495
or email cathy@cathyscomposters.com |
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A natural organic multi-vitamin,
Spouts are touted as nature's
most perfect food. Containing over 3,000
different known enzymes,
560 different proteins
and provide an excellent supply of Vitamins
A, E, C & B-complex. |
| Sprouting
Paradise
Includes: |
$45.00
(reg. $70) |
- The Super Simple Sprouter
- Seven (count them 7) bags of sprouting
beans or seeds.
Choose from the
following: |
Beans:
(200 g)
- Mung beans
- Black Lentil
- Blue Lentil
- Chickpea
- Green Pea
- Green Lentil
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Seeds:
(50 g)
- Fenugreek
- Radish
- Curly Cress
- Oriental Mustard
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| "To
me, Cathy's sprouting kit is the perfect
and most thoughtful gift for anyone of any
age. It has everything you need to become
an instant farmer including the beans and
instructions!" Carole Plant
*Note: A sprouter makes the
perfect Christmas gift for anyone who is
interested in a healthy lifestyle. |
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The
Get Healthy Package
To order Get
Healthy Package call: 1-888-775-9495
or email cathy@cathyscomposters.com |
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Spouter
Mung beans
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The best of both worlds.
Combine the nutrient rich vitamin
blast of sprouts with the antioxidants
healing power of Organic Reishi
mushrooms (ganoderma lucidum). |
| Get Healthy
Package
Includes: |
$50.00
(reg. $75) |
- Organo Black or Cafe
Latte Coffee
(Coffee infused with reishi
mushroom)
- The Super Simple Sprouter
- 1 lb. mung beans
 Experience
the aroma of freshly brewed coffee in an
instant with ORGANO™ Gourmet Black
Coffee. Connoisseurs will appreciate
the robust, smooth flavor, which is enhanced
with rich Ganoderma lucidum. Awaken your
senses and enrich your day with a classic
cup of coffee that’s as flavorful as it
is invigorating.
A delicious latte in an instant
is at your fingertips with ORGANO™ Gourmet
Café Latte. Our finest quality
Arabica beans and Ganoderma are blended
with cream and sugar for a light, creamy
latte minus the wait in line! Flavorful,
fast and delightfully uplifting.
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Just the
coffee |
$30.00 |
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Can't
decide?
We also have Gift Certificates available.
(Customized & emailed directly)
To order a
Gift Certificate call: 1-888-775-9495
or email cathy@cathyscomposters.com |
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"Forgive your enemies;
it messes up their heads." |
| What do
you do when the whole world closes down but you still
need to get the word out? Who do you call when world
changing events make face to face contact impossible.
If there was only a technology available that would
let someone conduct an in-depth interview and then spread
that message across the lands. There is you say?
Podcasts and Video(zoom) calls are shaping
our new reality. The tools we use to communicate have
changed overnight. Last year Cathy's Crawly Composted
particiated in over 50 community & school events
throughout the year. In 2020 BC there was 5. So to keep
our worms in the soil, instead of going to speaking
events we are sending the events to you. So far Cathy
has been invited to participate in over 14 Podcasts.
(If you can think of any more let
us know ;). Here is a selection:
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Podcasts
- Yard Reform Podcast - Indoor Worm Composting,
Sprouting, and Laughing with Cathy
‘Cathy Crawley Laughing Bean Queen’ is the founder
of a vermicomposting business called Cathy's Crawly
Composters, a speaker and advocate for sustainable
ways to live a simpler life. She does laughter yoga.
She sells sprouting systems, she does it all in the
green space. We talk about the benefits of some of
these methods and how Worm Composting works! (also
available as a blog
post)
Go
to podcast ...
- What if "what lights you up" is
what people NEED but not what they WANT?
What if moving beyond people pleasing and the constant
searching for the next thing led you to a passion
project that can literally save the world; only to
find out that what you love and want to share disgusts
people? What do you do when your excitement and joy
is met with a frown? You laugh! Go
to podcast ...
- The Art of Changing Your Mindset
Laughter is the best medicine! Welcome to the Art
Of Changing Your Mindset with special guest Laughter
Yoga teacher Cathy Nesbitt Go
to podcast ...
- GREEN Organic Garden Podcast - Cathy Nesbitt
Returns
Changing the world one laugh at a time! Cathy’s laugh
is contagious and she’s an actual Laughter Yoga Ambassador.
Join us on Tuesday mornings live from Toronto!
Go
to podcast ...
- New Me with coach T
Laughter is truly the best medicine. Thank you Cathy's
Crawly Composters for giving us practical tips on
how to get the endorphins flowing!!
Go
to podcast ...
- Where in the World is ...
A W5 Story Session with Cathy Nesbitt
MYBC Consulting: Move your bum chum. All the different
hats and entrepreneur must wear.
Go
to podcast ...
- Coffee with Bob
This morning I share a cup with Cathy Nesbitt, a TEDx
speaker who is an avid #enviromentalist, a #healthandwellness
coach, and an instructor of LAUGHTER YOGA ??!! Check
out our talk to find out what this is, you'll love
it!
Go
to podcast ...
- Flipping Dreams with Heather Renée May!
Episode #17: Composting Change w/ Cathy
In this episode, you meet Cathy Nesbitt. She is an
award-winning entrepreneur whose crawly composers
are changing the impact of trash in Canada and the
U.S.! We dig even further though into topics of positivity,
entrepreneurship, and how worms and laughter really
can change the world!
Go
to podcast ...
- H is for Hustle Podcast: Building a company
with a unique niche with Cathy Nesbitt
To say Cathy's company is unique would be an understatement.
Utilizing worms to break down compost in a process
called "Vermicomposting," she's built her company
up on people's garbage. We talk about her journey
from being a secretary for 20 years to how she found
out about Worm Composting and the spark that ultimately
lead to how she got into this niche business.
Go
to podcast ...
Print
- Compostable vs. biodegradable: definitely
not one and the same
The term compostable, on the other hand, refers to
the natural process by which the earth and its many
little helpers break down plant materials (and some
animal products) into a very beneficial material.
For more information on this, I spoke to Cathy Nesbitt,
owner of Cathy’s Composters, to get the real 'dirt'
on the subject.
Read
full article ...
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| For
all the wormy news please visit
our website. |
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Navigating 2020
Kinda feeling beside yourself this year?
Just remember to keep everything in
perspective.
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Upcoming Events
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Date: (Weekly event) Dec
8, 15, 22 & 29, Jan 5, 12, 19 & 26.
Online Event:
Weekly Zoom Laughter with Cathy - All Welcome
Sponsor:
Cathy's Club
Location: Online event
Details: Do you need a good laugh?
Or are you Laughter Curious?
Cathy Nesbitt is inviting you to a scheduled weekly
Zoom meeting:
Topic: My Laughter Meeting
Every Tuesday 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
A Free & Fun event. |
| Date:
Jan 11, 2021
Facebook Live Event: Hope,
Hat & SHero's
Sponsor: Cherice
Gilliam
Location: Online event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87859301550
Details: A discussion about our hopes,
the hats that we wear and our Sheros! |
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For
a full listing and directions to all events please visit
our website. |
"If you find yourself
in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’." |
'Tis the season for the
...
The Christmas Tree Worm
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The Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus
giganteus) is commonly found in tropical coral reefs.
These appropriately named worms usually bore a hole
into a coral head and then secrete a fluid that hardens
around the body, forming its home.
The two tree-like structures are actually specialized
mouth appendages. A kind of tongue that waves in the
currents collecting small microbial prey for food. |
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Now ... What
came first,
the Worm or the Fashion?
(Can you say Biomimicry)
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Everybody's
wishin' they had fishin' worms.
Cathy & Rick
