One company is injecting liquid clay into California desert to trap moisture and help fruit to grow, while another in Malaysia boosts soil with droppings from fly larvae.

Eating ice cream isn’t usually regarded as ... black soldier fly larvae‚ to be exact. It’s a rather special fly‚ breaking down organic waste‚ returning nutrients to the soil and in the ...

Fly larvae and synthetic soil may hold the answer A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 30 (Reuters) - As extreme weather and human activity degrade the world's arable land, scientists and developers are looking at new and largely unproven methods to save soil ...

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- As extreme weather and human activity degrade the world's arable land, scientists and developers are looking at new and largely unproven methods to save soil for agriculture.

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.

From ashes to fly larvae, new ideas aim to revive farm soil. A handful of Black Soldier Fly larvae, photographed in Malaysia in 2020. PHOTO: Reuters. PUBLISHED ON January 31, 2023 1:33 AM.

Soil erosion is depleting dirt's ability to produce food, and could lead to a 10% loss in global crop production by 2050, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization.