Back in the 1990's, two ecologists suggested orange juice manufacturer Del Oro donate some of their land near a national park in Costa Rica, with the return they'd be able to deposit agricultural waste for free on degraded land. Del Oro agreed and dumped 1,000 truckloads orange pulp and peels on the barren land. Today, that area is a thriving forest. A team of researchers led by Princeton University journeyed to the forest to discover just how much that food trash transformed the forest - and how...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/how-orange-peels-helped-barren-land-in-costa-rica-spring-back-to-life
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