Managing Nitrogen

Global agriculture depends on fertilizer and fertilizer depends on “fixing” nitrogen in the form of ammonia.

Industrial processes now fix nitrogen at a rate 15x greater than the entire earth supports through natural processes, bringing all the related problems of runoff, algae blooms, greenhouse gas emissions.

Is there a better way?

Industrial versus organic nitrogen

N2,CH4

Energy

Haber-Bosch
Process

CO2
(lots of it)

CO2

Ammonia

Fish
Feed

Energy

Fish
Farm

Fish

CO2

Ammonia

Local
Market