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NickB79

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7. It's an amazing resource we're treating like toxic waste

Reply to Human101948 (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 05:04 PM

Jun 2016

Livestock manure is invaluable as a soil rejuvenater on the farm, and the fact we dispose of it the way we do, instead of working it back into the soil like farmers have for thousands of years before us, is a travesty.

If we can't find a way to get this nutrient stream back to the soil where it belongs, we will never achieve a sustainable future for our civilization.

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5 Big Meat Companies Produce A Combined 162 Million Tons Of Manure Each Year [View all] Human101948 Jun 2016 OP

And that ain't no bullshit. HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #1

How much has GOP produced in the last 8 years against Obama?? benld74 Jun 2016 #2

thanks for posting. ciaobaby Jun 2016 #3

And meat is YUMMY! eom MohRokTah Jun 2016 #4

Big Meat. Brickbat Jun 2016 #5

... NuclearDem Jun 2016 #6

It's an amazing resource we're treating like toxic waste NickB79 Jun 2016 #7

That's what I can't figure out...this stuff is agricultural gold Human101948 Jun 2016 #8

not so simple ciaobaby Jun 2016 #10

The takeaway is that their are too many damn people eating too many animals... Human101948 Jun 2016 #11

We could also greatly reduce our meat consumption. ciaobaby Jun 2016 #12

There are other uses, such as using it as a renewable energy. ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2016 #13

That's a lot of high quality fertilizer...they should be selling it. ileus Jun 2016 #9