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America’s Fertility Problem Is Bigger Than Fertilizer

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America’s Fertility Problem Is Bigger Than Fertilizer
A drone view shows a tractor and a soybean planter parked on a soy farm in Somonauk, Illinois,on May 30, 2024. Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Mollie Engelhart
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Cornell University recently released a study with a startling conclusion: The United States already produces enough recoverable nutrients from human waste, animal manure, and food waste streams to theoretically replace all synthetic nitrogen fertilizer currently used in American agriculture.

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Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.