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Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 378, Issue 1 - long history of economic value of urine

From: Martha Noble <mnoble@sustainableagriculture.net>
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Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 378, Issue 1 - long history of economic value of urine
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:09:57 -0500

The Romans also used urine (collected from public urinals) in the cleaning of clothes - the nitrogen in the urine was quite valuable. Romans taxed just about everything, including urine.

Martha Noble

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1. Farmers in Nepal Use Urine to Boost Crop Yields (Tradingpost)

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Subject: [Livingontheland] Farmers in Nepal Use Urine to Boost Crop
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Farmers in Nepal Use Urine to Boost Crop Yields
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=farmers-in-nepal-use-urine-to-boost-crop-yields&page=3

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 378, Issue 1 - long history of economic value of urine, Martha Noble, 12/26/2012