Today I learned that a friend of mine is going to have treated sewage deposited on six acres of his farmland. What a great thing!! The sludge is coming from a local treatment plant, and he'll be paid by the ton deposited. The sludge will be spread out over the field and left to compost for a year. These fields were used to grow hay before, now they should yield several times as much hay per acre after the rich compost settles into the ground. Part of the deal is that the soil will be tested several times each year-I would expect only rich hummus to result.
Civilizations have used this practice for millenia. It is still used in China. Read all about it in the wonderful book The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins. It is past time for us to start being responsible for how we treat our wastes. Why dump everything in landfills when we can reuse it as compost for vegetables and flowers and who knows what else?
In our times we need to be creative about how we live. Mother Earth is too precious for us to keep treating her this way. Instead of hiring some company to pour poisons on your lawn, why not plant a few tomatoes and peppers? Even in cities you can keep a few chickens! Be responsible for what you eat and what you do. Your children will thank you for it.
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