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DIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran war
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It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love." (Image credit: Andy Higgins for NPR)
It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own.
They call it a "labor of love." (Image credit: Andy Higgins for NPR)
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