How farming with rocks could improve global food security

Scientists at the University of Shefield have learned that farming with crushed silicate rocks mixed into the soil could improve global food security, increase crop yields, promote soil health, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "Human societies have long known that volcanic plains are fertile, ideal places for growing crops without adverse human health effects," study lead author David Beerling told Phys.org, "but until now there has been little consideration for how adding further rocks to soils...

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