A sign advertising a “biosolids land application” at a property on Route 254 in Augusta County caught the attention of an AFP reader last week. As with that one, the word “application” on the sign ...

A reader who regularly drives Route 254 from Staunton to Waynesboro noticed a sign a couple of months ago advertising a something called a “biosolids land application” at a farm near the highway’s ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 22, 2014) The Town Board in Wheatfield, New York unanimously voted last month to amend its biosolids law to ban any application of sewage sludge and other similar materials ...

Land application of treated sewage sludge (often referred to as biosolids) for soil-amendment and land-reclamation purposes has increased over the past decade as a result of the ban on ocean dumping ...

A bill in the New Hampshire House seeks to create a financial safety net for farmers who experience losses after discovering the chemicals on their land or in their crops. It also includes a proposed ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is struggling to regulate the land application of industrial food waste as permit applications pile up and concerned residents demand stricter controls.

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government and state officials to spread municipal ...