Read this: This Daily KOS article relates the story of three 16 year old girls and an accidental discovery made because of their science project. “When a gardening project went awry, they discovered a naturally occurring bacteria in soil called Diazotroph. The girls determined that the bacteria could be used to speed up the germination process of certain crops, like barley and oats, by 50 percent, potentially helping fulfill the rising demand for food worldwide”.