On-Farm Research Webinar
Fertilizing with Urine: Recent Findings from the Rich Earth Institute’s On-Farm Research When: Monday, March 18, 11 am – 12 pm ET Register: Free via Zoom Join the Rich Earth […]
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Peecycling in the Valley: Community Conversations for Franklin County, MA
Yellowbud Farm applies urine fertilizer provided by the Rich Earth Institute to its tree nursery field in Northfield. After over a decade of recycling urine in Windham County, VT, Rich […]
Community Connection at the Rich Earth Jubilee
On July 1, we hosted a community gathering to celebrate local food and the cycles that sustain our lives. At the Jubilee, we connected the many folks in our community […]
Rich Earth Jubilee: A Celebration of Local Food Cycles
Saturday July 1 from 3 – 6 pm at the Brattleboro Commons (rain location: Vermont Jazz Center) Together we can enrich the earth! Join Rich Earth for this family friendly […]
Rockingham Depot Grand Opening
We are hosting the Grand Opening of a urine recycling depot at the Rockingham Recycling Center on Saturday, September 24 from 10 am – 1 pm. We will have a […]
Learn about our Bellows Falls Expansion!
Rich Earth is expanding our urine nutrient recycling program to Bellows Falls, VT. We will be hosting a presentation and discussion about this on Monday, April 11 at 6 pm […]
Poets for Peecycling: 2022 Urine Donor Kickoff
You’re invited to Rich Earth’s 10-year anniversary celebration of peecycling in Vermont! Join us at our Urine Donor Kick-Off for poetry, piss-off awards, popcorn, and more. After two years of […]
Webinar Series
Join Rich Earth at one of our upcoming webinars, to learn about using urine fertilizer in home gardens, urine fertilizer and pharmaceuticals, and how ecological sanitation can help build climate […]
New Peer-Reviewed Publication
This is the first technical, peer-reviewed article Rich Earth has published with our team as lead authors! The paper details our freeze concentrator – a pivotal part of the building-scale treatment […]
Farm Field Day
We hosted a farm field day as part of our research project on trialing drip fertigation and other new application methods with different kinds of crops. The event was hosted […]
Urine Donor Kick-Off 2021
The Rich Earth Institute is hosting an online event to celebrate its current urine donors and inspire new people to consider participating in this unique community program. For the first […]
Rich Earth in Solidarity
These yard signs, created by Rich Earth’s graphic designer Briony Morrow-Cribbs, are available at the Bunker Farm stand in Dummerston, VT. Proceeds benefit The Root Social Justice Center. Acting from […]
‘Urine My Garden’ Workshops
We are launching a new program focused on peecycling at home! Our goal is to both educate gardeners about the safe use of urine as fertilizer in their own gardens, […]
Urine Donor Kick-Off
Our annual Urine Donor Kick Off event went virtual on April 30th. Over 45 people joined us to celebrate our Urine Nutrient Reclamation Project (UNRP) and the urine donors who […]
The 2019 Rich Earth Summit is Quickly Approaching!
by: Caitlin Perry The Rich Earth Institute will be heading to Ann Arbor, Michigan this November to host the 2019 Rich Earth Summit! This two-day event from Nov. 7th-8th, co-hosted […]
April 13th: Public Party, Performance, & Presentations In Putney for Pee!
Wonder where it all goes when we flush it “away?” It turns out the nutrients in our pee are a hidden key to more sustainable soil, water, food, and energy. […]
2017 North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
In September, Rich Earth and Best Septic joined with the producers of the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival in Orange, MA to provide ecological sanitation for visitors at the […]
3rd Annual Urine Diversion Summit
Rich Earth Institute’s 3rd annual Urine Diversion Summit was a successful event for advancing this field of work. Over 45 professionals, academics and industry leaders, came together for two days […]
Strolling of the Heifers 2017
On a rainy Wednesday evening in late May the Rich Earth staff, urine donors, and friends gathered at our new Research Center for a sign making party and open house. […]
Spring Pump Out 2017
On May 23rd Rich Earth staff Neil Patel and Konrad Scheltema accompanied Seth True from Best Septic for our Spring 2017 Urine Pump Out. Along with our summer intern Sean […]
