This key fertiliser ingredient is subject to sudden price spikes.
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Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production, but there are other, more sustainable options.
Potatoes contain many vitamins and nutrients which are essential for good health.
Following a healthy diet may lower the risk of disease complications and allow patients to live well despite having the disease.
The spread of tawny crazy ants may be driven, in part, by their need for calcium. The calcium-rich limestone bedrock of the lower U.S. Midwest may provide ideal conditions for populations to explode.
Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren’t all bad, which is why they’re undergoing an image makeover.
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
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Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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