Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mckinsey finds that human activity has already extended beyond the “safe operating space” for four of these boundaries: biodiversity loss, chemical and plastic pollution, nutrient pollution, and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. As a sector, agriculture has the single largest direct impact on planetary boundaries.

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Nutrient Pollution Agriculture Agriculture Food 128

Cropaia

MAY 25, 2024

It is a stable form of charcoal created by heating organic materials, such as crop residues, wood chips, and manure, in the absence of oxygen. Its high cation exchange capacity (CEC) allows it to adsorb and retain nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, preventing them from washing away into waterways. What is Biochar?

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Compost Fertilizer Crop Yield Nutrient Pollution 68

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This could possibly amount to less nutrient pollution in the waterways in comparison to synthetic fertilizers. Through the University of Vermont, Hagen began testing the added value of wool pellets to crop soil. During heavy rainfall, it doesn’t all wash away.

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Processing Fertilizer Nutrient Pollution Ranching 127

Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Soil health depends on several factors including soil type (clay or sand), organic matter content, pH levels and nutrient availability. Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. Use cover crops.

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Crop Rotation Farming Farming Fertilizer 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Kayan, whose business relies on the organic vegetables he grows for his farmstand and CSA, said hed be happy to use urine on other crops if the practice was more widely accepted by consumers. The multi-year trials found that crops fertilized with human urine performed better than untreated control plots.

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Fertilizer Crop Yield Nutrient Pollution 80

Civil Eats

APRIL 28, 2025

Other agroforestry practices such as windbreaks, hedgerows , riparian buffers, and alley cropping can help retain topsoil, prevent nutrient pollution, and provide wildlife habitat. Alley cropping at an agroforestry farm on the Wisconsin River. I think I actually lost a couple of friendships that morning.

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Farming Farming Nutrient Pollution Pasture 98