After more than a decade of studies, researchers have concluded that farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, have been growing corn that creates its own fertilizer for centuries. The corn secretes a sugar-rich gel that provides the corn the nitrogen that regular corn gets from fertilizers. This also limits the amount of nitrogen runoff that occurs, which pollutes water and has far-reaching impacts on public health. Considering that America’s largest crop is corn, this findings from this research could have massive consequences.
New research could change the way America grows corn for the better
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