Fertilizer

Maybe I shouldn't admit it in such a public forum, but I was really disappointed when I was assigned to our new fertilizer client. Not only did it sound terribly boring, but it was hard for a treehugger like me to justify working for a client that produces chemicals for mass distribution and probably causes all kinds of pollution.

But I recently learned a lot more about the company. It's a huge company, and I don't know what all they do, but the part of the company that I work with is in a division of the industry known as controlled-release fertilizer (CRF). That means that their fertilizer products have a coating to prevent them from releasing their chemicals all at once. CRF requires fewer application (that means it requires less fuel) and produces less runoff. Increased environmental awareness and legislation actually drives demand for CRF, instead of reducing it.

So, I'm at peace with my job again. Yea!