# Fertilizer's toxic journey from REAP/SOW

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Podcast: [Second Nature](https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500)
Published: 2026-02-04T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/32e9f034
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## Resource

The chemical industry is a cornerstone of modern American farming. It helps grow the food billions of people eat. It’s also causing vast environmental damage. In this episode of REAP/SOW, produced in collaboration with WWNO’s Sea Change podcast, you’re going to hear the story of synthetic fertilizer, and how this powerful concoction of chemicals has radically reshaped how we farm and what we eat – and how it’s poisoning communities, upending livelihoods, and choking the life out of a huge swath of the ocean. Reported by Garrett Hazelwood and Eric Schmid, hosted by WWNO’s Carlyle Calhoun and FERN’s Teresa Cotsirilos.

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