North Texas-Linked Company Turns Plastic Waste into Organic Fertilizer

WriggleBrew founder and CEO Sam Baker runs his unique worm-based company out of several places, including one in Plano that’s “half office, half residence,” with a network of nurseries across North Texas serving as live test labs. His mission sounds almost impossible: use earthworms to turn plastic waste into rich organic fertilizer — and in the process, help clean up the planet.

“Basically, we started as a business using earthworms to make organic fertilizer,” Baker says.

But this truly organic idea didn’t start in Texas. It started in Florida…

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