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Group attempts to turn plastic waste into a useful soil additive

Envirotec Magazine

Such charcoal captures carbon and could potentially be added to soil to improve soil water retention and aeration of farmlands. It could also fertilize the soil as it naturally breaks down. Abdul-Aziz, however, cautioned that more work needs to be done to substantiate the utility of such char in agriculture.

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Building Food System Resilience Through Urban Agriculture

Energy Innovation

Peri-urban agriculture occurs where urban and rural land blend on a city’s fringe. Both urban agriculture and peri-urban agriculture, which takes place on the outskirts of cities, can contribute to regional food supply and shorten supply chains, enhancing both community control and resilience of food systems.

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Second quarter food startup roundup

GreenBiz

One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. Food & Agriculture. These emissions, together with the biodiversity damages caused by fertilizer runoff, have spurred a race to commercialize low-impact alternatives. Atomo Coffee. Featured Column.

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Latest and Greatest Recycling Technologies

GreenTech Gazette

This technology is particularly useful for food and agricultural waste. Upcycling: Upcycling is a process that transforms waste materials into new, higher-value products. This technology is particularly useful for food and agricultural waste. This technology can help reduce waste and create more sustainable products.

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Lithos Carbon rocks agricultural carbon capture

Business Green

Lithos - the Greek word for stone - uses proprietary software to custom-deploy the basalt based on variables such as soil chemistry and crop nutrition. The waste dust is what we're upcycling. Clouse: So they sprinkle the basalt on the crops, and it helps the soil capture more carbon? What happens to the basalt in the end?

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'Leaving our climate laggard status behind': Northern Ireland's net zero climate target to pass into law

Business Green

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed climate change legislation committing the region to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, after draft legislation tabled by Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots was approved by the nation's lawmakers on Tuesday.

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Second quarter food startup roundup

AGreenLiving

One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. These emissions, together with the biodiversity damages caused by fertilizer runoff, have spurred a race to commercialize low-impact alternatives.