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[–] Athena5898@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit this is a huge deal. I can't stress how badly soil health has been for a long time with agriculture thanks to colonialism. This is revolutionary

[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem

'Chernozem (/ˈtʃɜːrnəzɛm/ CHUR-nə-zem),[a] also called black soil, black earth, dark earth, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus[2] (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds.[3] Chernozem is very fertile and can produce high agricultural yields with its high moisture-storage capacity. '

[–] TrippinMallard@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

lol I misread humus as hummus