VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vgM to vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThe Use of Animals in The Growing of Vegetables and Animal-Free Alternatives to Vegetable Growingveganfta.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down12cross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.vg
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minus-squareNimrod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoJust fyi: about 50% of crops use synthetic fertilizer. Animal waste is not a requirement. This article discusses the chemical discoveries that lead to the ability to synthesize fertilizer: https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-people-does-synthetic-fertilizer-feed Spoiler alert: it doesn’t come from dinosaurs** tl;dr - Haber-Bosch process
minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoYou might want to look into how much obtainable phosphorous is left because it’s running low. We might not have other options
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Just fyi: about 50% of crops use synthetic fertilizer. Animal waste is not a requirement. This article discusses the chemical discoveries that lead to the ability to synthesize fertilizer: https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-people-does-synthetic-fertilizer-feed
Spoiler alert: it doesn’t come from dinosaurs**
tl;dr - Haber-Bosch process
You might want to look into how much obtainable phosphorous is left because it’s running low. We might not have other options
Removed by mod