Cow Manure Makes Dandy Organic Fertilizer, Say Cornell Researchers
Researchers at Cornell have found a way to turn cow manure into biochar and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
Researchers at Cornell have found a way to turn cow manure into biochar and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
The San Joaquin Valley has become America’s breadbasket over the past few decades. Products including pistachios, almonds, citrus, stone fruit, cotton, and grapes are grown here and distributed all over the United States and are exported around the world. Tulare County, about a three-hour drive north of Los Angeles, recently … [continued]
Pig manure is one step away from a transformation of metamorphic proportions. The lowly waste product, notorious for its impact on the environment and on human olfactory nerves, is on the verge of becoming an important alternative to petroleum now that scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a … [continued]
Desert Hills Dairy of Nevada has joined with Carbon Bank Ireland, an emerging leader in cap-and-trade carbon emissions markets, to build the state’s first biogas facility to convert cow manure into electricity. Along with producing enough sustainable methane to power itself and other equipment at the second largest dairy in … [continued]