25 February 2025
Urine-based fertilisers in organic farming? "Our specifications state that we are not allowed to use synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, so we have to find other sources," explains Olivier Chaloche, a cereal farmer in the Loiret department and member of the Fédération Nationale d'Agriculture Biologique (FNAB), an association for organic farming.
Listen to the entire podcast with Olivier Chaloche, Fabien Esculier and Florent Brun on France Culture.
Attention: Don't be alarmed at the beginning when they talk about the fertiliser Aurin, which is approved in Switzerland and Liechtenstein... it's a throwback to 2019. Aurin is now also approved in France and Austria and can be used throughout the European Union.