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What is Biochar and How Can It Improve Your Farm’s Soil Health

Cropaia

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. This process converts biomass into biochar while capturing carbon that would otherwise be released as carbon dioxide (CO2) during decomposition.

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Can Human Urine Fertilize Our Crops?

Modern Farmer

Most commercially available fertilizers rely on synthetic nitrogen produced through the Haber-Bosch process , which accounts for 1.4% ” Diverting urine from the wastewater stream for use as fertilizer would also address the two largest contributors of nutrient pollution in the U.S.,

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‘Waste Wool’ is a Burden for Farmers. What if it Could be a Solution Instead?

Modern Farmer

In fact, farmers across the US and Canada end up burning, burying or stockpiling their wool because processing it is expensive and seen as not worth the time and labor required. As she undertook the cumbersome process of cleaning the wool, Maksymiuk realized she would end up with a lot of unusable material.