At Annie’s Ace Hardware in Washington, D.C., among the potting soil and ceramic planters and lawn care items, there’s a relatively new entrant into the fertilizer market. It’s called Bloom and it costs about 50 cents a pound, but it took about $450 million worth of tech and investment [at ABC member DC Water] to get it there. Annie’s Hardware is one of the few stores in the city that sells it. General manager Thomas Vedrody said Bloom is considered a “biosolid” fertilizer. “Which is, I’m just gonna say, it’s code for human poop. And once you get past that, it’s great. It’s a great fertilizer,” he said. “And, you know, we joke sometimes, it’s artisanal, which, when you think about it, it’s hilarious.” More >>
