Sentences with phrase «old plant matter»

Numerous microorganisms and earthworms commune underground, using energy to eat old plant matter and leaving natural fertilizers in the dirt for next year's crop.

One hundred years ago, farmers understood the importance of soil for nutrition and they replenished with manure, old plant matter and so on.

Not exact matches

Fungi are the primary decomposers of dead plant and animal matter in many ecosystems, and are commonly seen on old bread as mold.

Why It Matters: The findings, published in Science, have implications for decades - old questions in science and technology such as how animals and plants grow minerals into shapes that have no relation to their original crystal symmetry.

No matter how old we are, a diet that emphasizes plant - based nutrition is likely to maximize health benefits in all age groups.

They are one of the major recyclers of the plant world, turning old, decaying matter into a source of nutrients for other plants and animals.

The KDHE has denied a permit for a coal plant that would have been more efficient (read, more MWH per ton of coal and less CO2 and other pollutants per MWH) than older plants whose permits they will be renewing as a matter of course over the coming months and years.

«When the North Dakota legislature changed its eight - year - old hemp law to no longer require a DEA license this past April, it made it a matter of state law that the farmer who goes through the licensing process need not involve the DEA in any way since only the exempted portions of the plant, as described in the Controlled Substances Act, would enter commerce.»

As a separate matter, however, coal - fired power plants in the United States are older, on average, than competing forms of electricity generation.

And law & economics, for that matter, is all about weighing costs and benefits, for instance when judging the potential anti-competitive effect of companies agreeing to close 5 old coal - fired power plants in the Netherlands.