Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

To cultivate robust crops, understanding the soil's condition is vital, which is where soil testing comes in. For composting systems, nutrients (like nitrogen) can be added in the form of green materials (grass clippings, kitchen scraps), and carbon (in the form of dry leaves, and straw) that can balance the nitrogen.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

Her Belgian start-up cultivates mycelium—the thread-like root structure of fungus—using the plastic- and toxin-laden stubs as fodder. And mushrooms of all kinds sprout as they feast on crop waste, coffee grounds and horse manure. More recently, mycologists have been unleashing fungi on common industrial and consumer waste.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

By ‘lack of humus’ he is referring to the increasing trend, even then, to dispense with returning organic matter to the soil, for example, in the form of composted farmyard manure, that was made possible by the development of synthetic fertilisers. Research in Finland established that glyphosate reduces mycorrhizae.

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