New organic and water-rich fertilizer will help farmers in drought areas

‘California, the top farm area of the U.S., is struggling under the pressure of a persistent drought. With no end in sight, farmers see their yields declining and are forced to drill more wells, pumping billions of gallons of water from the ground to irrigate their thirsty crops. Even before the drought, these groundwater reservoirs were already in a critically low state.
Furthermore, drought-stricken farmers are forced to use more chemical fertilizers, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, which in their turn worsen the ongoing drought effects.
And it doesn’t stop there. The U.S. has a mind-boggling food waste problem. As reported by ReFED, an organization that raises awareness of the excessive food waste problem, the U.S. spends $218 billion a year on growing, processing, transporting and disposing of 63 million tons of food that never make it to our kitchen tables.’
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