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  • From: <pbunch@cox.net>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] sewage systems
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:15:30 -0700

Cheryl and Harvey:

It is very interesting. It appears that the larvae generate enough heat to
keep such a system functioning even in the cool temps at 2400 meters. People
who are not accustomed to living in a constantly cool climate have no real
idea of how different it is :-)

Phil Bunch
Piedras Blancas/Medellin


---- Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us> wrote:
> On 07/11/2010 04:07 PM, CHERYL WESOLOWSKI wrote:
> > Don't know if it legal but it is very effective, use a privy and feed
> > the human waste to black soldier flies.
> >
> > http://www.esrint.com/pages/bioconversion.html
>
>
> Here's a link to a good introduction to this concept of cultivation of
> BSF grubs for responsible management of organic "wastes," reclamation of
> their residual fertility to feed the soil, and "harvesting" of the grubs
> themselves as high-octane poultry, pig, or farmed fish food. I'm pushing
> this one hard myself, as a way of generating more high quality protein
> feed for my poultry. Check it out.
>
> http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Black+Soldier+Fly.html
>
> ~Harvey
>
> --
> Harvey in northern Va
> www.themodernhomestead.us
>
> My book, THE MODERN HOMESTEAD POULTRY FLOCK, will be published next year by
> Chelsea Green Publishing.
>
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