Many of us want a lush, green, thriving lawn, but along with the right choice of grass and good mowing habits, it's important to decide which fertilizer is best to use. There's one option that's ...

In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own family's urine. "When we ...

Human urine could well become the gold of cities. A study reveals its untapped potential for fertilizing urban crops while protecting the environment. Scientists from ICTA-UAB have demonstrated that ...

Bacterial communities in soil are as resilient to human urine as synthetic fertilizers -- making recycling the bodily fluid as a fertilizer for agricultural crops a viable proposition. Bacterial ...

Dear Eric: Your response to “Sad In Urinetown” strongly implies that urinating on plants can only be a mentally disordered behavior. I challenge this. Perhaps you didn’t have time to read the many ...

MIDDLETOWN — A Vermont-based agency is bringing its efforts to Connecticut to educate people about how easy it is to help divert urine from sanitation systems to conserve water and replace synthetic ...

For centuries, humans have treated urine as waste, flushing it away without a second thought. But what if this everyday byproduct could play a role in growing tomorrow's food? In rural Vermont, a ...

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own ...