Growing global demand for sustainable agriculture is driving scientists to find smarter ways to handle livestock waste. A new study by Xiaofei Ge and colleagues at China Agricultural University brings ...

Americans throw away between 30% and 40% of the nation’s food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That waste, which adds up to billions of pounds annually, ends up ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO and FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nitricity, the climate scaleup electrifying the production of nitrogen fertilizer worldwide, today announced it has closed a $50 ...

Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over ...

A Des Moines metro wastewater facility plans to recycle waste into fertilizer for crops. The $45 million project aims to reduce phosphorus runoff into the Des Moines River. The new process could ...