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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Dairy farms in CA have underground tanks for what they spray down in the 
milking barns.  The "organic" dairies truck this liquid to "organic" farms 
and it is sprayed on fields as a fertilizer.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>


> Impossible, I'm thinking. But don't make the mistake of thinking that
> the only way of growing crops organically--without chemical
> fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides--can only be done with compost.
>
> And what you are describing is mulch, not compost.