This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central ...
Shipping fertilizer to colonies on Mars could be quite a hassle – it would certainly be better if the colonists were able to grow crops using whatever's on hand. The continuation of an existing study ...
The production of mineral based fertilizers requires a significant amount of energy and relies in part on non-renewable resources such as phosphate rock. Furthermore, the price of mineral fertilizer ...
A war of words has erupted in Dubuque County over what one neighbor calls a very smelly fertilizer. The fertilizer is sewage sludge from the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Cedar Rapids, in other words ...
Wasted is making fertilizer out of urine and just raised $7.5 million in fresh funding. The Vermont startup has a multi-pronged approach – solving sanitation and food security. We got an exclusive ...
WELLSTON, Okla. — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she'd found a slice of heaven. In a town of ...
Feb. 14—Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there’s a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Investigate Midwest, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking ...