30 years ago daddy sold all his cows and let 2 young fellows plow up the pastures and start farming his land. After a few years they put it in some kind of government program of "not farming". Daddy passed on and I got the place. I rent it to 2 others fellows now to grow hay on...they continued the "not farming" program and basically the government(you taxpayers) are paying the rent. Now the government wants to know what they aren't farming and no one seems to remember what they ain't farming..... 
Worm farming can be big business if done properly. Check out the price of worm casings for fertilizer at feed and grain stores.
Start slow, get an acre of land, rent a bulldozer and have them plow down about 3-4 feet, cover the bottom and sides with an inch of cement, lay screening material over PVC pipes that will drain off the worm pee into large 50 gallon drums. replace the soil from the dig out, add perhaps a few buckets of red worms and cover with a tarp. Head to the nearest beauty salon, barber or pet grooming shops and buy from them for 10 cents a pound all the hair clippings. Offer the neighbors to pick up their grass and lawn clippings for free. Offer the local news paper office to take unsold news papers off their hands.
Place all this on top of the dirt or mixed in if you wish, then walk away for a year or so. When the weather gets very hot a canope over the tarp will help, when the ground is cold, and extra tarp may be needed.
Check the urine barrels every month and drain off the liquid gold to be bottled and sold for $ 5.00 per 6 oz. undiluted.
Now head out and rent a few dozen acres of scrub land, worthless area. Dig up all the dirt and worms and mix it into the soil on the land. Now you can charge people $50.00 per 100 sq foot to plant comunity gardens, the plants will thrive the land will blossom and people will have food.
One can reserve one acre to replace the dirt in the farm, the cost of a few buckets of worms and their food and start over again.
Google worm farms, one can build it your self with a big trash can that can be kept in the laundry room. it will need a screen in the bottom and a outlet for the liquid gold, one can feed the suckers anything but meat, news papers, pet hair or even dump the bucket from the vacuum cleaner in it. All one needs to do is to keep it ventelated and a small amount of water for the winter and come spring mix the soil and worms into a garden spot. The urine diluted with water for both inside and outside plants cause amazing growth.
Wonderful answer to no chemical farming and a way to cut down on the garbage and trash that is over coming us.
