Humanure: key to the permaculture revolution?

Is poop the missing ingredient?

hipneck will love this: WBUR's Here and Now host Robin Young interviewed author, Gene Logsdon as he promoted his book, Holy Shit, Managing Manure to Save Mankind:

It has taken us about one hundred years to reduce soil organic matter to dangerously low levels—from about 5 percent, on average, to below 2 percent—and experts say it might take at least that long to build them back up again using organic methods on a large scale. We all need to read again Farmers of Forty Centuries, by F. H. King, published in 1911, about Asian agriculture at that time. In Japan, Korea, and China, manure was treated like a precious gem because it was a precious gem. Every scrap of animal waste, human waste, and plant residue was scrupulously collected and reapplied to the land. So precious was manure that Chinese farmers stored it in burglarproof containers. The polite thing to do after enjoying a meal at a friend’s house was to go to the bathroom before you departed. Over the last two centuries, cheap manufactured fertilizers and a seemingly unlimited acreage have allowed the United States to become the champion wastrel of the world.

Rebecca Terk at Big Stone Bounty reminds East River of a permaculture event.

You rock, Dude! Paul Guggenheimer strapped on a brass pair and snapped at the hand that feeds him. Take THAT, Janklow, you asshole!