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  • From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] antibiotics & manure
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:57:29 -0700 (PDT)



Bobby G <bobbyg53211@yahoo.com>

Ken, or anyone, this an important question, i think:
does the transformation that happens to manure in
composting, break down such antibiotics into
less-harmful, or even harmless, organic compounds?

just as with the tainted hay story, keep in mind that
a lot of urbanites/suburbanites seeking to get into
organic gardening, may well be unknowingly buying
their compost from commercial sources which may be
using lord-knows-what feedstocks for their
compost--toxic hay? antibiotic-laced manures?
industrial by-products & waste products? etc.

one product/service i hope to get into in the future
is making compost, of course of a clean, reliable type
made from feedstocks known to be safe. i think this
composting is an important endeavor, as these recent
articles show...

bobby g

I do not know.  I have read that they break down but I wonder??
 
That is one reason I make very little compost.  I have a source of unlimited horse manure with bedding.  I prefer to use green manure/cover crops to get organic matter in the soil.  Much less labor, etc.
 
Ken


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