The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

814: Albert Wilde on Wool Pellet Organic Fertilizer.Using an innovative resource to improve water retention in potted plants.In This Podcast: Regenerative farming is all about using everything in the system and not having any waist. What if you were a farmer and found a place that there was a 20% waste stream on your farm? Albert Wilde of Wild Valley Sheep Farm invented a new way to fertilize his wife's houseplants and it is turning into an innovate new way to fertilize and have our soil retain water. Join us as Albert and I chat about what is in my opinion one of the most innovative fertilizer inventions of the decade!Our Guest: Albert is a sixth generation sheep rancher, entrepreneur, and father of seven boys. He is pioneering a new market for US wool,  focusing on the use of wool pellets as a fertilizer and water holding soil amendment.   Albert started by making compost on the side as a little extra income for the farm.  This led to making wool pellets and trialing them with a loc