I've slowly made improvements in every area, but food has been the hardest one to tackle. I'm not alone - according to the Environmental Protection Agency, food waste makes up 24 percent of landfill ...

Because it is a Mediterranean herb, lavender thrives in poor, dry soils. I often get asked, does it need fertilizer? The short answer is probably not. But depending on your specific growing conditions ...

Study shows benefits of using natural biofertilizers and biostimulants in the production of tomatoes, enhances plant growth ...

The soil ecosystem has been severely damaged because of the increasingly severe environmental problems caused by excessive application of phosphorus (P) fertilizer ... area of Henan Province, as an ...

Applying fertilizer alongside seeds with a planter promotes optimal nutrient uptake. In grass crops, such as corn, prioritize nitrogen. “If corn runs out of nitrogen, it’s over, regardless of ...

The findings represent an exciting breakthrough in the long-held ambition to use enhanced endosymbiotic partnerships as natural alternatives to inorganic-fertilizer across major crops, including ...

(AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes ... relied on products from a contaminated source, for example milk or beef from a family farm contaminated with ...

Societies have used nutrient-rich human waste as fertilizer for centuries ... products from a contaminated source — for example, I reported last year about a family that experienced health ...

In a dark coincidence, the researchers point to California's current catastrophe as a timely example of their recently published findings. "In that publication, fairly incredibly, we use the example ...

Multiple fertilizer makers are climbing today after investment bank Piper Sandler upgraded several names in the space today. Nutrien (NTR) is advancing 4.7%, while CF Industries (CF) is gaining 7% ...