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Gabriel Maurer

Gabriel Maurer

Gabriel Maurer is an environmental science and political science double major at Gustavus Adolphus College. He's also the student body president, a tenor saxophonist for the jazz band, and an aspiring environmental law student.

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Minnesota’s burgeoning fertilizer problem

By: - November 2, 2023

Farming is an integral part of the Minnesota story, as many Swedes, Germans and Norwegians came to the rich southern and western river valleys to carve out a life for themselves. Fertilizers catalyzed the increased capacity of farms. A survey of U.S. crop production indicates that yields would drop by up to 60% if fertilizers […]