Written by: Civil and Environmental Engineering Nearly a quarter of the clean, potable water that flows through US buildings is not used for drinking. Instead, it moves human waste from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thursday, September 7th 9 – 10 am Ammonia volatilization from manure is a major source of nitrogen pollution in the environment, and also reduces the fertilizer value of manure on […]
At Yellowbud Farm, farmer Eric Cornell explains that he sees fertilizing with urine as one part of the “symbiosis and the co-evolution of humans and plants.” Through fertilizing with urine, humans […]
Biochar from Biosolids and Source Separated Human Urine: Soil Health Impacts and Farmer Perspectives We are exploring combining source separated human urine with biosolids-derived biochar and biomass biochar. We will be investigating […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A cold and rainy day in October marked a momentous event: the final lettuce harvest for our pharmaceutical research trials. This research has been ongoing (off and on) since 2014 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The peecycling paradigm shift we dream of is only possible because of you. Not just your bodily nutrients, but also your questions and ideas! At Rich Earth, we believe that […]
We recently completed a report summarizing the Village Sanitation Pilot Study that we conducted in partnership with the Windham Regional Commission and Nutrient Networks. For this project, we looked at […]
Our partnership with local farmers using sanitized urine on their hay has demonstrated that it can effectively replace synthetic fertilizer when applied under appropriate conditions. However, nearly all the nitrogen […]
One of the significant ideas that’s emerged from our social research efforts stems from a concept we term “ascribed attitudes.” When we compared people’s personal responses to urine recycling with […]
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