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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Tests conducted by the environmental group, The Sierra Club, show fertilizer used in local vegetable gardens may be high in a toxic chemical known to damage organs and suppress your ...

Farms can use less fertilizer without compromising crop yield according to a new, long-term academic study conducted in the United Kingdom and Africa. Farmers can use far less chemical fertilizer — ...

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 ...

Chemical fertilizers, a scourge on aquatic ecosystems and human health, may be one of the most insufferable idiosyncrasies of industrial agriculture. A God complex drove humanity to believe we could ...

I pointed out last week that all area lawns are now green whether or not they have been laced with chemical fertilizers. How many times do you have to prove to yourself that lawns don’t need ...

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 ...