Why Vermont farmers are using urine on their crops

Why Vermont farmers are using urine on their crops 4 days ago Share Save Becca Warner Share Save Rich Earth Institute In Vermont, pasteurised urine is sprayed on local farmland to fertilise crops (Credit: Rich Earth Institute) Urine was used as fertiliser in ancient Rome and China. Now farmers in Vermont are bringing this practice back to boost harvests and grow crops in a more sustainable way. When Betsy Williams goes to the loo, she likes to know her pee won't go to waste. For the last 12 years, she and her neighbours in rural Vermont, US, have diligently collected their urine and donated it to farmers for use as fertiliser for their crops. "We're consuming all of these things that have nutrients in them, and then a lot of the nutrients that are passing through us can then get recycled back into helping create food for us and for animals. So to me, it's logical," Williams says. Williams takes part in the Urine Nutrient Reclamation Program (UNRP), a programme run by the Rich Ear ... Read full article.