Nature's Gold: The Fascinating Story of Fertilizer | Modern Marvels (S13, E23) | Full Episode

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Thank you so much for posting these to YouTube.

@26:20 “the stench is enough to make a grown man cry.” I wonder how much those guys get paid! Not all heroes wear capes

Biosolds safe? They must have not heard of heavy metals and PFAS.

10:00 he really didn't have to pick it all up bare handed lol

Compost is the biggest thing for making my farm abundant. I pretty much only use compost and fish emulsion to fertilize. And that 3-1-1 isnt doing much compared to my compost.

After watching this video, I will NEVER complain about my computer programming job again!

I just didn't think this would be interesting. Pfft. Thanks History Chanell. Always informative, educational, and fun to watch.

It’s pretty fascinating how much food can be grown with so few people because technology bridges the gap so much. My first job was at a nursery farm and I remember that job fondly, between cloning plants, feeding them and watching them grow, they’ve always fascinated me ever since. It’s funny because I work in finance now so when I talk to country folks they’re kind of surprised someone in that line of work understands what they do and can talk about it intelligently with them. Just knowing that NPK stands for Nitrogen, Phosporus and Potassium gets you 99% ahead of the rest of folks.

I miss wild west tech

I worked at the PCS mine for 12 years

Use to haul biosolid from Quincy ship yard to turf farms in RI. and farms in CT . I'd get a bucket of it to put on my flowers and roses at home ! They really liked it ! Yup it was made from Boston's finest !

I thought gold was nature’s gold.

That foreman had me rollN!!! I want a boss like that!:face-blue-smiling:

I ate dinner while watching this, but not my wife

I really hope that you continue this. Great information and presentation.

"Consumed nearly 500 tons of mosquitos" Doing gods work.

There is thousands of pounds per acre of P in the top foot of soil in most areas and 34,000 tons of N above every acre. It requires vigorous healthy biology to unlock and fix into plant available form. Soluble N and P are some of the fastest ways to destroy that soil. “Nutrients should be available, not soluble.” William Albrecht

“Natures Gold” 😂😂😂 hey History Channel Nature Gold would actually be Gold bc it can be found in nature this is man’s smelly gold 😂😂

good Job . Thank you.