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#UK - '#FoodWaste could help our farmers'

Maisie Olah, 22 March 2026

"A Labour MP has said a new weekly food waste recycling service could help #farmers, by turning food waste into #fertiliser.

"Mary Creagh, MP for #Coventry East, said taking food waste out of black bins and putting it 'into #anaerobic digestion to create #digestate fertiliser' will help farmers due to fertiliser prices soaring because of 'conditions in the Middle East'.

"Coventry City Council will introduce a new weekly food waste recycling service for households in September - five months after the government's deadline.

"Twenty-three litre food caddies will be distributed to residents and will be collected five days a week, leaving other bins to be collected on different days of the week."

Learn more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqw5py4qz3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/AdTFc

#SolarPunkSunday #UK #Composting #AnaerobicComposting #Fertilizer #Compost

'Food waste could help our farmers in Coventry and Warwickshire'

Mary Creagh, MP for Coventry East, said turning food waste into fertiliser will help our farmers.

Gopi Adusumilli

1d ago

Fertiliser stocks adequate to meet needs of farmers: Govt #Fertiliser #Govt #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2026/03/27/fertiliser-stocks-adequate-to-meet-needs-of-farmers-govt/

Fertiliser stocks adequate to meet needs of farmers: Govt - Social News XYZ

New Delhi, March 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government assured the Parliament on Friday that adequate fertiliser stocks are available to meet the requirements of farmers during the ongoing Rabi 2025–26 season and beyond. In a written... - Social News XYZ

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Richard Michael Blaber 4d ago

"A crucial step is to encourage a shift to a plant-based diet. People struggle to see the relevance, but it’s simple. A plant-based diet requires far fewer #resources, including just a quarter of the land a standard western diet requires & much less #fertiliser & other inputs. Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from #fossilfuels to #renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from #animals to #plants."

Richard Michael Blaber 4d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/25/big-corporations-global-food-system-war-iran. "These [food system] vulnerabilities are exacerbated by the use of just-in-time #supplychains & the funnelling of much of the world’s #trade through a number of #chokepoints. Some people have long warned that the strait of #Hormuz, alongside the #Suez canal, #Turkish straits, #Panama canal & straits of #Malacca, are critical chokepoints, whose obstruction would threaten the flow of #food, #fertiliser, #fuel & other crucial #agricultural #commodities."

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Peter Riley Mar 19

@viacampesina

To see who will really pay the price however, look not to the developed world or big emerging markets like #India, but to the weakest links in the chain - the poor, agrarian, smallholder economies of Africa.
Look at the impact on #fertiliser usage in #Coted’Ivoire, #Kenya, #Nigeria and #SouthAfrica, during the last great gas-price crisis at the start of the Ukraine war.

https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-436-unseasonal-war-how

#AgroEcology #Capitalism #ViaCampesina

Chartbook 436 Unseasonal war. How the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens the global agricultural cycle.

One impact of the war being waged by the US and Israel against Iran that is not getting as much attention as it deserves, is the impact on the global supply of fertilizer.

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Amateur Human Mar 18

#twil from #Australian news sources that the Iranian #naturalgas fields provide for about a third of the world's inorganic #fertiliser

#israel is actively destroying the global #food source

Solarbird

Mar 16

I've been kind of waiting for this video to come out, so I'm glad to see it arrive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13gQAt7OzxE

tldr; the war isn't affecting fertiliser costs in the US. Trump's trade war, however, as been for over a year. But farmers are still with the shitstain, so won't touch the real problem, and this is hot and convenient.

#oil #fertiliser #trump #iran #war

Real Crisis Or Clickbait?

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ScienceCommunicator Mar 15

Macrodose: #Iran, #Food & #Fertiliser

Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macrodose/episodes/Iran--Food--Fertiliser-e3g8lgs

Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/b746ee18/podcast/play/116724700/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-11%2F2f2b3de5-eff3-4bd7-76c8-fc8972981180.mp3

Iran, Food & Fertiliser by Macrodose

On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the how the US-Israel war on Iran will impact global food prices (3:07), and how data centres are the newest target in modern warfare (9:47).Subscribe to support the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/Macrodose.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your pledge is a donation supporting free public education; perks are thank-you gifts for your support.Got a question or comment? Reach out to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠.To learn more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, head to ⁠planetbproductions.co.uk⁠.Apply for Planet B's Digital Content Lead job opportunity: https://planet-b-productions.homerun.co/digital-content-lead/enListen to Death In Westminster - a new documentary podcast from Planet B Productions & Novara Media: https://novaramedia.com/category/audio/death-in-westminster/#the-station

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ScienceCommunicator Mar 15

Macrodose: #Iran, #Food & #Fertiliser

Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macrodose/episodes/Iran--Food--Fertiliser-e3g8lgs

Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/b746ee18/podcast/play/116724700/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-11%2F2f2b3de5-eff3-4bd7-76c8-fc8972981180.mp3

Iran, Food & Fertiliser by Macrodose

On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the how the US-Israel war on Iran will impact global food prices (3:07), and how data centres are the newest target in modern warfare (9:47).Subscribe to support the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/Macrodose.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your pledge is a donation supporting free public education; perks are thank-you gifts for your support.Got a question or comment? Reach out to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠.To learn more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, head to ⁠planetbproductions.co.uk⁠.Apply for Planet B's Digital Content Lead job opportunity: https://planet-b-productions.homerun.co/digital-content-lead/enListen to Death In Westminster - a new documentary podcast from Planet B Productions & Novara Media: https://novaramedia.com/category/audio/death-in-westminster/#the-station

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michael Mar 13

11-Mar-2026
Researchers realize #ammonia synthesis at metallic Li/Ru interface under ambient conditions

Is this the beginning of the end for #HaberBosch process?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119584

#science #fertiliser #industry #environment #climateCatastrophe

Researchers realize ammonia synthesis at metallic Li/Ru interface under ambient conditions

A team led by Prof. DENG Dehui and Prof. YU Liang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, along with Prof. CUI Yi from the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, developed a novel catalyst which enables thermocatalytic conversion of N₂ and H₂ to NH₃ at room temperature and ambient pressure.

EurekAlert!