Fertilizer containing sludge being applied to farmland. Courtesy of North East Biosolids and Residuals Association. This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...

Almost everything about synthetic fertilizer sucks. It sucks for the climate, generating 2.5 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, more than global aviation. It sucks for the environment, ...

In theory, taking treated human waste and using it as fertilizer is a resourceful way to deal with the nearly 300 million tons of solid waste created in the United States every year. In the U.S., ...

Conventional chemical fertilizers aren't among the most eco-friendly substances in the world, which is one reason why some farmers are exploring the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative. A new ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has ...

Soil should be alive and it is a fact that chemical fertilizers kill the microbial activity in soil. Do we really need chemical fertilizers for healthy lawns and plants? Fertilizers give us a quick ...

Researchers led by Yasunori Ichihashi at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan recently examined how different kinds of pesticides and fertilizers affect mandarin oranges ...