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I'm in an Open Relationship with My Compost
There were two weeks where I didn’t turn her because I was pissed off at her. I turned her last week. You can’t believe how much it stresses me out if I don’t turn her. I seriously think about her every day.
This Is the Shit: Sewage Could Help Restore Depleted Farmland
Humans produce an average of 900 pounds of feces a year, which could be used to help reverse a global decline in the amount of arable land.
The Syrian War Is Causing a Dust Bowl in the Middle East, Researchers Suspect
Fighting in Syria is creating conditions similar to those that caused the Dust Bowl.
Welcome to the MUNCHIES Garden
We’re inviting some of our favorite chefs, bartenders, and personalities in the world of food and drink to come and treat our garden like their very own edible playground.
The Great Arctic Thaw Is Seriously Worrying Archaeologists
In a century some of the world's most important Inuit historical sites will be swallowed by the sea.
South Australia’s Ban on GM Crops May Have Yielded a Better Alternative
The SA state government has just trialled a new GM-free soil program that some are heralding as the future of agriculture.
The Microbes in Your Merlot
Researchers think that a grapevine's microbiome could affect a wine's "terroir."
Why NASA Spent Millions of Dollars on a Satellite to Look at Dirt on the Ground
NASA's newest satellite will measure water in the soil back here on Earth, giving us a global view of the system for the first time ever.
This Australian Guy Wants Your Dirty Fish and Chips Oil
Tropiculture, a horticultural business in Australia’s Northern Territory, is paying local businesses for their used cooking oil and turning it into plant food.
Making The Ground Wail: Q&A With Sound Artist Marco Cecotto
Could the next big heavy metal group have soil for a bandmate?