You probably flush a nutrient-rich, renewable fertilizer down the toilet every day: your pee. Human urine can be used as a safe and effective crop fertilizer, researchers said. And studies show using ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While many of us simply flush and forget about it, our pee has the ...

In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own family's urine. "When we ...

It's likely that most of the food you'll eat today was not farmed sustainably. The global system of food production is the largest human influence on the planet's natural cycles of nitrogen and ...

As a professional gardener, I’m always seeking out new ways to feed my plants. I have steeped nettles in old buckets to brew a nitrogen-rich foliar feed, hoarded banana skins from the trash for a ...

A high-ranking Indian minister has proposed a novel way to help his country's agriculture industry: Converting the nutrients in people's urine into fertilizer. Nitin Gadkari, India's water resources ...

In extreme environments, even the most ordinary tasks can seem like unsurmountable challenges. Because of such difficulties, humanity has, for the most part, settled on grounds that were favorable for ...

The use of human urine as fertilizer is an important step towards sustainable agriculture because the starting reagent is free, plentiful and useless in most other contexts. It has been used as such ...

Waste products like coffee grounds and eggshells are widely used to improve soil health, but there are some more ...

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own ...