This virtual tour of Rich Earth Institute was part of VORS 2021. Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and technological innovation to advance the use of human waste as a resource. Rich Earth operates the nation’s first community scale urine recycling program, reclaiming the nutrients from our bodies as a sustainable fertilizer for local farms, reducing downstream nutrient pollution, and conserving clean potable water. This program serves as a platform for controlled agricultural field trials with urine fertilizer, as well as both lab and social research.

In this virtual tour, learn about how their community-scale program operates and the future of urine nutrient reclamation in the Southern Vermont region and beyond!

Video time stamps:

• The tour starts at 2:21

• Q&A with Arthur Davis starts at 19:21