[Market-farming] organic compost/humus

Little Joe schokaraoke at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 4 00:50:44 EDT 2007


I checked into this last year when I was tring to set
up my garden beds.

Alarm bells went off when I started reading the labels
that said to wear gloves & keep away from
children......The "Miracle" you are getting in most of
that stuff is just good ole recycled human poop.

Here's a link to a Yahoo article that kinda fits here>


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_fe_st/fertlizer_stench

Joe

 
--- road's end farm <organic101 at linkny.com> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Nan Johnson wrote:
> 
> >  Last month, I called another national company
> directly, to ask about 
> > their "soil conditioner" and they could not verify
> its exact source or 
> > content, only that it is municiple waster from
> various locations 
> > around the country.  They said they did not test
> the product for 
> > anything, though of course the label says
> "natural".  I decided not to 
> > use it on veggies.
> >>
> Not only wouldn't I use that on veggies, I wouldn't
> use it anywhere 
> that might grow crops for consumption in the future,
> or anywhere that 
> children might play in the soil.
> 
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale>
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