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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.

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Plans for Scotland’s first hazardous soil treatment centre announced

Envirotec Magazine

The project will also include the creation of a hazardous soil treatment centre, the first of its kind in Scotland. specialises in completing the circle between Scotland’s growing construction, demolition and excavation waste stream and its increasing demand for construction materials. According to SEPA, during 2019, 1.17

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Farmers and ranchers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets

Impact Alpha

The post Farmers and ranchers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb. 17 – Candidates in last year’s U.S. Senate race in Iowa were asked in a televised debate to cite the clearing.

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This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years

Grist

For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforests soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food. Thousands of years ago, the regions Indigenous peoples solved this problem by creating terra preta from table scraps and charcoal and tucking it away in the hostile soil.

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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?  

GreenBiz

The farms we work with are seeing a huge spike in demand [for direct sales]," Dan Miller, CEO and founder of the crowdfunding platform Steward , told me when we spoke by phone in early April. But now they have to quickly switch their businesses to meet that demand." This increased access to capital could help scale the market.

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Indoor farming funding heats up

GreenBiz

Consumer demand is fueling investment in CEA," Ceaser explained by email. To put it in context, it’s only two years since General Mills committed to transitioning 1 million acres to regenerative agriculture , which at the time felt like a step change in the spread of no-till, cover crops and other methods for restoring soil fertility.

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New research finds way to meet agricultural water demand by responsibly reusing wastewater

Envirotec Magazine

New research from Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam and KWR Water has seemingly found a way to meet this water demand. The researchers suggest using wastewater in underground irrigation systems, killing two birds with one stone by meeting water demand whilst purifying the waste water. This can pose serious health risks.”