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  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
Waste could fulfill 102% of nitrogen and 50% of phosphorus needs for the nation’s agriculture, and significant amounts could be distributed locally and sustainably. 

Waste could fulfill 102% of nitrogen and 50% of phosphorus needs for the nation’s agriculture, and significant amounts could be distributed locally and sustainably. 

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Cheryl on a farm tour with schoolkids. A farmer holds a miling machine in his hand, showing it to the kids.

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Cheryl Bilinski didn’t just change careers; she swapped a corporate paycheck for a mission to overhaul what lands on a child's lunch tray. As an agricultural economic development specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Harvest New...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Health + Nutrition
Charles Midega (left) and Roy Odawa display the Kontiki kiln they modified to make biochar from human feces. Credit: Rebecca Nelson

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Cornell researchers and Kenyan partners have developed a fertilizer made from human excreta. The product improves soil health and food production, while preventing pollution in informal settlements and the aquatic environment.

  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture