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Fertilising Plants – All you need to know

Kavya Organic Farm

Nitrogen helps with greenery, and potassium helps with plants’ stalks and straws Why fertilisers? Laborious activities like farming, construction, traffic, etc can negatively impact the soil by changing its chemical structure, which is why fertilisers are required to keep the plants intact.

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Can Mushrooms Help Extinguish Toxic Waste?

Modern Farmer

And mushrooms of all kinds sprout as they feast on crop waste, coffee grounds and horse manure. Photos courtesy of Biopterre) The fungi-powered circular economy is also taking root the construction industry, which produces nearly a third of the nation’s waste, contributing vast amounts of material produced from petrochemicals.

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Biodynamic Farms Are One Thing. What About Biodynamic Businesses?

Modern Farmer

Stuff yarrow into a deer bladder to create a tea that youll spritz on your crops? Now, a new crop of producers are taking these same concepts and applying them to their businesses as a whole. Our cellar and winery is constructed from hemp bricks and wood to create a plant-based space that can receive external energies, Eden explains.

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The Climate Stakes of the Harris-Trump Election

Modern Farmer

Despite the risk of nuclear waste, the Biden administration has also championed nuclear power as a carbon-free solution and sought to incentivize the construction of new reactors through subsidies and loans. Severe droughts are one of the factors that have destabilized the global crop market in recent years, translating to higher U.S.

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