Organic Farming in Kathmandu
Organic Farming in Kathmandu
Winrock International's recent work in Kathmandu is helping farmers go organic and expand their market. The organization, which encourages environmentally sustainable economic development around the world, encourages local farmers to enrich their soil with rock dust.
Geologists from Brazil Produce Natural Fertilizer
RockAll is the first and only company in Brazil to produce natural fertilizers made of minerals found in rocks. Established by Prudêncio Rodrigues de Castro Júnior and José Carlos Alves Ferreira, the company is based in the the mid-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and the fertilizer is now ready for the international market.
Rockdust Is the New Organic!
Two of the leading Organic Certification bodies, namely OF&G (Organic Farmers and Growers) and SOPA (Scottish Organic Producers Association) have approved SEER Rockdust for use by their members. This means that such benefits as increased yield, pest and drought resistance, improved flavor and higher nutritional benefit can now be realised on a professional basis by the organic movement.
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Remineralize the Earth Under Sponsorship!
Remineralize the Earth is being generously sponsored by Natural Vitality under the company's Natural Revitalization program. As part of the program's aim to address global warming, RTE will be receiving a percentage of Natural Vitality's profits in 2007. The company will also play an integral role in helping us expand our membership base and has designed the new logo for Remineralize the Earth seen here. Click here to read the press release!
Dan Kittredge & Andrew Harley Present to the Biomass Coordinating Committee of ACORE
(From Left) Dan Kittredge, Executive Director of Remineralize the Earth; Bill Holmberg, Chairman of the BCC at ACORE; and Andrew Harley, Remineralization Research Scientist
On March 5th, Executive Director Dan Kittredge and Scientific Consultant Andrew Harley attended the annual meeting of the Biomass Coordinating Committee (BCC) of ACORE, the American Council on Renewable Energy. They were speakers presenting as part of a project in Nevada run by the department of prisons that will test tree growth for biomass production. The project is experimenting with a ...
Join a Competition for Remineralized Carrots
Join a Competition for Remineralized Carrots
The June issue of Acres, USA, The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, is focused on minerals. In the article The Quest for Nutrient Density, by John C. Frank at International Ag-Labs, a competition has been created for all interested growers to grow the most nutrient dense carrots possible. We would like to invite remineralizers to submit their carrots for the competition. They will be analyzing a number of samples from various commercial growers, including Bob Cannard, who grows carrots for Alice Water's Chez Panisse Restaurant. The ...
Remineralize the Earth Embarks on a Research Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Remineralize the Earth Embarks on a Research Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
RTE has just embarked on a research project in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts to document the effect on nutrient density of crops with the application of rock dusts and biological amendments. Click here for magazine article .
Utilizing Lava-Basalt Dust in Belgium
Utilizing Lava-Basalt Dust in Belgium
See new article on water purification and lava/lava-basalt dust by Marc Daelemans.
Marc Daelemans, our international coordinator for Remineralize the Earth in Belgium, has been making great strides recently. At a recent symposium at the Hosteenbron in Zonhoven, he spoke to 70 people about his experiences using lava-basalt dust, which was followed by an article in the newspaper Het Belang van Limburg. He recently collaborated with Jeroen Watté on an article for the professional journal Wervelkrant called Agroforestry - Rock dust ...
Chemical and mineralogical characterisation of cutting process sludge
Chemical and mineralogical characterisation of cutting process sludge
PETER VAN STRAATEN
Dr. Annita Colombo*, Dr. Annalisa Tunesi*, Dr. Valentina Barberini**,Dr. Lucia Galimberti*, Dr. Alessandro Cavallo* *Department ofGeological Sciences and Geotechnologies, University of Milan Bicocca -www.geo.unimib.it **Department of Earth Sciences Ardito Desio,University of Milan
ABSTRACT
The sludge produced through the sawing and working of stone is stillconsidered an inert waste product. Once it has satisfied the requiredcriteria for acceptance, it is given to authorised waste ...
Research on Saving California Oaks
Research on Saving California Oaks
Lee K. KlingerP.O. Box 644, Big Sur, California 93920
ABSTRACT
Pathologists investigating the recent death of many oak trees in northern California have concluded that the problem is due to a new plant disease, dubbed sudden oak death (SOD), caused by the fungal pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. While not disputing that P. ramorum is involved in the final demise of many oaks, there are a growing numberof experts who do not agree that this pathogen is the fundamental cause of the decline. They point out that most of the dying oaks in ...
