composting with worms in various countries and climates

Hi Kate. I live in California and am originally from Morocco. I was visiting a friend who practices permaculture on his farm there and he said that Morocco does not have the composting worms. Then I met someone else who uses a bucket with holes in it, buried in the ground, for humanity. This friend said yes there are worms.  Do you know anything about composting in various countries and climates and whether or not worms for composting are ubiquitous?
Thank you
Kenza

Hi Kenza,
What a great question. There are thousands of different types of worms in the world. Most commonly in composting people like to use the species Eisenia fetida, aka red wrigglers. However, you can make beautiful compost without any worms at all if they are not native to your area and rather rely on the activity of compost microbes and bacteria instead.

Kate

Kenza Temsamani wrote:Hi Kate. I live in California and am originally from Morocco. I was visiting a friend who practices permaculture on his farm there and he said that Morocco does not have the composting worms. Then I met someone else who uses a bucket with holes in it, buried in the ground, for humanity. This friend said yes there are worms.  Do you know anything about composting in various countries and climates and whether or not worms for composting are ubiquitous?
Thank you
Kenza