Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance blog
Featured Member: Ostara
How big is your company and where does it operate? Ostara is about 30 people and operates across North America and Europe primarily. What does your company do related to
Journey to Improve Water Quality in Powers Lake
By Laura M. Fleming, President and CFO of SRS Crisafulli, Inc. Outbreaks of blue-green algae in a 1,616-acre natural lake, created an emergent call to action in the 1990’s from
USDA and OCP North America Jointly Fund Phosphorus Research
OCP North America has provided matching funds to support a two-year postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr. Carl Bolster, research hydrologist at the USDA-ARS’s Food Animal Environmental Systems
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