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It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love." n.pr/3VA3crF

n.prDIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran warIt's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love."

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Vickie Carey 🦋 💙🖤❤️‍🩹🟦
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When I was younger, we had a couple of horses. A local organic farmer came to the barn every week to help us muck the Stalls. For his effort we gave him the horse poop. That's what he used to fertilize his farm. Admittedly it was a small fam farm. But he had some of the best yields in the area. 1/

Vickie Carey 🦋 💙🖤❤️‍🩹🟦
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2/ Wouldn't it be great if folks around these struggling family farms, with band together and do something similar. It may not be as much as they need, but every little bit probably helps. I don't know I'm not a commercial farmer. Just thinking outside the box. Because #UnitedWeStand 💙🇺🇸

Eliza Jayne
@elizajayne.bsky.social

I didn't say the world voted for him. I said the farmers voting in Trump negatively affected the entire world. Here is just one example of how Trump negatively affects Zambia. www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

npr.orgZambians living with HIV struggle to find medication following U.S. foreign aid cutsThe Trump administration maintains that HIV meds have survived foreign aid cuts. In Zambia, as in other countries, people are struggling to find pills and risk getting sick without medication.
Philosopheer ❌👑
@philosopheer.bsky.social

I think this will happen with everything. EV sales are increasing. Green energy is on the rise. Farmers are figuring out how to make their own fertilizer again because necessity is the mother of invention. The corporate pigs who are stuffing their pockets now are going to regret it.

NAKd.life
@tozarowicz.bsky.social

When it's cheaper & easier to diy - which hasn't been true for nearly 80 years - people will. Nothing matters until it matters to *me* - consumerism defeats itself? 🤣 And imagine the broad competence of new workers who grew up solving problems instead of simply buying the solutions.

James
@james65.bsky.social

I think that Netanyahu and trump started the war, therefore those two drove up the prices. Go back to journalism school and re-write this post. 🤷