Feb. 14—Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there’s a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants.

This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central ...

In December 2016, the National Organic Program (NOP) issued guidance 5034-1 that can be interpreted as approving of food waste for use in organic crop production (for example, as an input in ...

Ken Sechrist, who likens manure to a perfume, was still unprepared for a drive through Cumberland County farmland likely fertilized with food processing residuals. "It was the most godawful thing I've ...

ELIMSPORT — A small Lycoming County business said a planned biosolids operations will allow it to avoid doubling the rate charged to customers due to a need to comply with Chesapeake Bay pollution cut ...

If you fill up a new “food recycler” with food scraps, 24 hours later you’ll have fertilizer you can use outside. “Our goal is to try to make it much more convenient for consumers to recycle food ...

More than five years after its massive mound of radioactive mining waste began inexplicably shifting in St. James Parish, Mosaic Fertilizer is asking state regulators to declare complete its emergency ...

Stanford-founded Nitricity raised $50 million from Chipotle and Khosla Ventures to turn California’s abundant almond shell waste into organic fertilizer. The startup’s “Ash Tea” product reduces ...

One of the interesting things about working at Ars is that I occasionally discover that scientists are working to solve problems I didn't even know existed. That was the case this week when I came ...

A Malaysian government initiative aims to reduce wastage, especially during the Muslim holy month when huge amounts of food are thrown away - Copyright AFP Mohd ...