>> >> well perhaps the thermostat was wrong for one batch? who'd know?
>> > And your mom might have forgotten to wash her hands after doing #2 and >> > handling raw chicken prior to making your peanut butter sandwich. Who'd >> > know?
>> exactly. that still doesn't mean it's okay to spread any form of human >> waste on crops.
> Check out the website for Metrogro, the Madison, Wisconsin, > Metro Sewer System. They take the output product from the > sewer system, called "bio solids", and truck them to farms > all over Dane County for spreading on farm fields. They have > been doing this since the early 1980's that I know of, and > it doesn't seem to have created any problems that I have > heard of.
then perhaps we should start bio-soliding dog and cat crap. yum.
i'm not a farmer, but i come from a long line of them. here it is:
first rule: never fertilize w/ the poopy of any meat-eating animal. second rule: always allow the poopy from vegetation-eating animals to compost before using it.
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:12:12 GMT, Peter A <pait...@CRAPnc.rr.com> wrote:
>In article <7OednQAanO4nj5LYnZ2dnUVZ_qGdn...@comcast.com>, >rjy...@comcast.net says... >> > I have seen liquified human waste spread on feed corn fields in >> > Wisconsin. Now, there's an industry for ya.
>> You've seen it? You can tell it's human by sight? (laugh) >> Now that's a skill.
>> nancy (just busting your chops)
>Maybe the taste of the corn gives it away <g>.
It's the second time through that makes the difference.
Dave Bugg wrote: > AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:
> > the waste is somehow processed/treated at the "poopy plant" (i'd > > guess to kill off > > all the bacteria?) and then sold as sludge, which may not be > > considered human > > waste at that point.
> Just to be clear: > Raw sewage is untreated human waste entering the waste treatment plant > Sludge is the material left over after the treatment process > Biosolids is what is left after further treating and processing sludge. > Biosolids are what are used on agricultural fields in all 50 states. Sludge > is not.
For waste treatment plants that don't further process the sludge into biosolid material, they will either dump them into landfills or send it off for incineration.
>>>>> well perhaps the thermostat was wrong for one batch? who'd know? >>>> And your mom might have forgotten to wash her hands after doing #2 and >>>> handling raw chicken prior to making your peanut butter sandwich. Who'd >>>> know? >>> exactly. that still doesn't mean it's okay to spread any form of human >>> waste on crops. >> Check out the website for Metrogro, the Madison, Wisconsin, >> Metro Sewer System. They take the output product from the >> sewer system, called "bio solids", and truck them to farms >> all over Dane County for spreading on farm fields. They have >> been doing this since the early 1980's that I know of, and >> it doesn't seem to have created any problems that I have >> heard of.
> then perhaps we should start bio-soliding dog and cat crap. yum.
> i'm not a farmer, but i come from a long line of them. here it is:
> first rule: never fertilize w/ the poopy of any meat-eating animal. > second rule: always allow the poopy from vegetation-eating > animals to compost before using it.
The above would be hard to do now. From what I understand, anamals, such as cows, and chickens that are suppose to eat a veg based diet, are being fed meat by-products, and processeed fecal matter as a way to boost the protein on the food.
I wonder if all that can cause problems like we are starting to see now?
Dave Bugg wrote: > AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:
>> the waste is somehow processed/treated at the "poopy plant" (i'd >> guess to kill off >> all the bacteria?) and then sold as sludge, which may not be >> considered human >> waste at that point.
> Just to be clear: > Raw sewage is untreated human waste entering the waste treatment plant > Sludge is the material left over after the treatment process > Biosolids is what is left after further treating and processing sludge. > Biosolids are what are used on agricultural fields in all 50 states. Sludge > is not.
Ah, that answers a question I had about it. Thanks for clearing that up, Dave.
>>>>>> well perhaps the thermostat was wrong for one batch? who'd know? >>>>> And your mom might have forgotten to wash her hands after doing #2 and >>>>> handling raw chicken prior to making your peanut butter sandwich. Who'd >>>>> know? >>>> exactly. that still doesn't mean it's okay to spread any form of human >>>> waste on crops. >>> Check out the website for Metrogro, the Madison, Wisconsin, >>> Metro Sewer System. They take the output product from the >>> sewer system, called "bio solids", and truck them to farms >>> all over Dane County for spreading on farm fields. They have >>> been doing this since the early 1980's that I know of, and >>> it doesn't seem to have created any problems that I have >>> heard of.
>> then perhaps we should start bio-soliding dog and cat crap. yum.
>> i'm not a farmer, but i come from a long line of them. here it is:
>> first rule: never fertilize w/ the poopy of any meat-eating animal. >> second rule: always allow the poopy from vegetation-eating >> animals to compost before using it.
>The above would be hard to do now. From what I understand, anamals, such >as cows, and chickens that are suppose to eat a veg based diet, are >being fed meat by-products, and processeed fecal matter as a way to >boost the protein on the food.
>I wonder if all that can cause problems like we are starting to see now?
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