Grace Waters

Grace Waters

Agriculture Green Tech

Grace Waters is the Senior Editor of Environment.co, an environmental and green technology publication. She writes on emerging clean technologies, zero-waste initiatives, and environmental policy, with a background in biodiversity and conservation science.

Grace Waters

Jul 23 2026

The wheat that makes its own fertilizer

Illuminem Voices

Agriculture · Green Tech

UC Davis researchers have engineered wheat that helps soil bacteria fix nitrogen naturally, though synthetic fertilizer isn't going away just yet

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