We’re grateful for ongoing funding for our community-scale peecycling work from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Futures Fund. We’ve wrapped up our project expanding implementation in […]
We hosted an activity day for Pathways to STEM, a California-based science exploration program for undergraduates. Like last year, students rotated through a series of hands-on stations to explore key aspects […]
We hosted a field day at the site of our research study on the effects of sanitized human urine, biochar made from biosolids, biochar made from sawdust, and compost (in […]
In the conventional paradigm, nutrient pollution can come from both wastewater treatment systems and farms. In a circular paradigm, when we replace imported fertilizer nutrients with locally available urine fertilizer […]
The Rich Earth Institute is delighted to announce the release of its new Farmer Guide to Fertilizing with Urine. This resource provides farmers with practical insights into reclaiming human urine […]
The Recode Model Code, a public domain code for ecological sanitation, continues to advance into the predominant North American plumbing codes. In December, Model Code contributors reconvened to revise and […]
We are delighted to share that we are on the shortlist for the Food Planet Prize! The Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize is world’s largest environmental award and is dedicated […]
The Land Institute, a non-profit research organization dedicated to developing perennial grain polycultures, launched a urine reclamation project last summer in collaboration with the Rich Earth Institute. Deep-rooted perennials efficiently […]
Arthur Davis (our Operations Director) and Ryan Homeyer (our Research Associate) presented a poster at the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) national conference, representing our spin-off company Brightwater Tools. The […]
IN THE NEWS Cape Cod Faces a Rising ‘Yellow Tide’ Scientific American, February 12, 2024 Cape Cod’s ‘power couple of pee-cycling’ wants you to save that liquid gold WBUR, February 12, 2024 […]
Next time ur-ine Brattleboro, take a leak at the Hermit Thrush brewery! Grab yourself one of their delicious sour beers and once you’ve got to “go”, check out the bathroom […]
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 […]
As Vermont embarks on its Climate Action Plan, how are our toilets helping us get to the sustainable future we need? Compost toilet systems can protect water resources, complete the […]
Urine may be the unlikely solution to the urea shortage which is having devastating effects worldwide, from farmers in India to truck drivers in South Korea, as reported recently in […]
Distrust, Not Disgust—Fertilizers from Human Urine Implicate New Responsibilities to the Hopes and Anxieties of Communities JAFSCD article by Tatiana Schreiber, Shaina Opperman, Rebecca Hardin, Julia Cavicchi, Audrey Pallmeyer, Kim […]
The Rich Earth Institute applauds Secretary Moore’s April 28 editorial focused on wastewater infrastructure and the pending ARPA funding from Congress, and offers this response. Based in Brattleboro, our organization […]
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 […]
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I […]
If you have a bottle and a garden, it can be absolutely free to pee. But if you want to spice things up for your peecycling loved ones this holiday […]
(Graphic from #IllGoWithYou) With the coincidence of World Toilet Day and Trans Awareness week, it seems fitting to discuss the efforts to increase access to safe sanitation in the transgender […]
There comes a time in any startup organization when a founder needs to step aside and bring in fresh and energized leadership. I am a firm believer that this is […]
Remember Everyone Poops? Well there is now a companion book for your potty training child or grandchild: All People Pee. Our co-founder, Kim Nace, recently published this book with illustrations […]
To date, Rich Earth has mainly tested and applied urine as a fertilizer for hay fields, using our custom-designed application equipment. (We have also used urine fertilizers for carrots and […]
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 […]
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, […]
In May, we were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $225,000 to develop a self-contained system for turning human urine into a concentrated, […]
We now have control of our Research Center at 355 Old Ferry Road, having completed an Asset Purchase Agreement with the previous owner, Sky Solar. We can expand into the […]
As Arundhati Roy writes, the pandemic is a portal. Here at Rich Earth, we’ve been busy fostering regional and international partnerships for a re-imagined post-pandemic world, fitting the work we […]
This spring, we applied about 8,000 gallons of urine on three local farms: Whetstone Valley Farm, Fairwinds Farm, and Bunker Farm. Our systems continue to run more smoothly and for […]
Abe Noe-Hays, Rich Earth Institute co-founder, was recently invited to attend the Non-grid Solutions for the Future of Urban Water Management conference hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic […]
Over 3,500,000 gallons of water saved since 2013!
