Former professional football player turned farmer Jason Brown also tried basalt powder last spring on First Fruits Farm, his 1,000-acre farmstead in Louisburg, North Carolina.

By spraying nutrient deficient ecosystems with basalt powder, which slowly releases nutrients during weathering, the nutrient constraints could theoretically be lifted and ecosystem carbon storage ...

The process has the potential to scale up quickly because basalt powder, a byproduct of mining, isn’t in short supply with Oregon’s Columbia Plateau as a local source, Hallett said.

The process has the potential to scale up quickly because basalt powder, a byproduct of mining, isn’t in short supply with Oregon’s Columbia Plateau as a local source, Hallett said.