Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance blog
AgSTAR’s New Anaerobic Digester Project Development Handbook
By Vanessa McKinney and Nick Elger of AgSTAR For 26 years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) AgSTAR Program has been helping farmers and communities across the United
Featured Member: Biochar Now
How big is your company and where does it operate? Our company currently has a biochar production operation in Berthoud Colorado. We currently have 23 employees. We have recently closed
Alliance’s Phosphorus Transport Modeling Group Meets
By Dr. Matt Scholz Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance hosted its second in-person workshop of what’s been rebranded as its Phosphorus Transport Modeling Group in San Antonio, Texas,
Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion
By Dr. Michelle Young Arizona State University, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Food waste is a problem in the United States. About 30 to 40% of the U.S. food supply,
A Tool for Trapping Dissolved Phosphorus
By Dr. Chad PennUSDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory The P removal structure is a large, landscape scale filter for dissolved phosphorus (DP), intended to intercept and trap P from
OCP: Feeding the Soil to Feed the Planet
By Krista Maruca of OCP North America OCP Group is a global player with a leadership position across the phosphate value chain in extracting, marketing and selling phosphate and its
Notes from the Alliance’s 2018 Phosphorus Modeling Workshop
By Dr. Grey Evenson, Ohio State University The Phosphorus Field-to-Watershed (P-F2W) Modeling Workshop brought 16 researchers and policy experts to Columbus, Ohio, on August 23rd and 24th. The group discussed
Europe Continues to Move Nutrient Policies Forward
By Chris Thornton, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform The 3rd European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC3) brought together 300 companies, policy makers and experts in Helsinki, June 2018. New EU policies announced
Biosolids and Manure Task Force
Participation in a task force is one of the opportunities for our partners to contribute to the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance. One example is our Biosolids and Manure Task Force, which
Alliance Launches Biosolids and Manure Project
By Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance While the recycling of many products has only taken hold in the past few decades, people have been recycling phosphorus for thousands
Understanding Composition: One Key to Recycling Manure
By Rebecca Muenich of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance Precision agriculture, the practice of employing monitoring systems, software, and equipment to modify farming inputs in a productive and efficient manner, is
Unconventionally Mining Phosphorus from Wastewater
By Michael Schmid of Renewable Nutrients Conventional wastewater treatment facilities have evolved to become extremely proficient in the practice of sequestering nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, present within their incoming