Holy Shit (eBook)

Gene Logsdon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
272 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-310-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In his insightful book, Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure - our greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manure, worth billions of dollars in fertilizer value, but that spends a staggering amount of money to do so. This wastefulness makes even less sense as the supply of mined or chemically synthesized fertilizers dwindles and their cost skyrockets. In fact, he argues, if we do not learn how to turn our manures into fertilizer to keep food production in line with the increasing population, our civilization, like so many that went before it, will inevitably decline.With his trademark humor, years of experience writing about both farming and waste management, and uncanny eye for the small but important details, Logsdon artfully describes how to manage farm manure, pet manure and human manure to make fertilizer and humus. He covers the field, so to speak, discussing topics like:How to select the right pitchfork for the job and use it correctlyHow to operate a small manure spreaderHow to build a barn manure pack with farm animal manureHow to compost cat and dog wasteHow to recycle toilet water for irrigation purposes, andHow to get rid ourselves of our irrational paranoia about feces and urine.Gene Logsdon does not mince words. This fresh, fascinating and entertaining look at an earthy, but absolutely crucial subject, is a small gem destined to become a classic of our agricultural literature.

Inhalt

1. Manure : the hot new farm commodity

2. The nitty-gritty of the shitty

3. Bedding lessons from the strawstack days

4. The manure pack

5. The pitchfork : the real symbol of America

6. Hauling and spreading manure

7. No more poop coops

8. Thar's gold in them thar horse stalls

9. Sheep and goat manures are... well...cleaner

10. Of milk and manure

11. Pigs can potty-train themselves

12. Guano and other offbeat manures

13. Meditations on a meadow muffin

14. Cat litter and dog dung

15. Oh my goodness, manure on your garden?

16. The anti-bowel movement

17. How I came to find divine materials in manure

18. Dealing with our dread of human excrement

19. Applying treated human biosolids to farmland

20. Do we want farmers or robots?

Rezensionen

lt;p>Publishers Weekly-

Common sense and just the right amount of folksy humor make this treatise on feces a pleasure to read whether or not you've ever knowingly come within 50 miles of a compost heap. Logsdon writes for a wide scope: how to recognize a manure spreader for those who don't know; the finer points of old-fashioned pitchfork tines, for readers who actually use them. In addition to lots of clear DIY instructions for utilizing waste, Logsdon, a blogging farmer in Ohio, draws from his boyhood experience during the days of the privy, his Amish neighbors, and his understanding of how ancient China saw agricultural productivity rates the likes of which we've never had in the U.S. Ultimately, the real coup here is that this book overcomes the yuck factor and illustrates how, as with many things American, we've taken a natural, healthy, efficient system and replaced it with something expensive, toxic, and marketable - in this case, chemical fertilizers. As food locavores gain visibility and popularity, so too should the rear end of sustainable farming practices.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.8.2010
• Illustrationen: Brooke Budner
• Zusatzinfo: Black and white line drawings
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: animal manure • A Sanctuary of Trees • compost • composting • composting toilets • compost pile • excrement • farming and waste management • Feces • Gene Everlasting • how to build a barn manure pack • human excrement • humanure • humanure handbook • human waste • joel salatin • Joseph Jenkins • Letter to a Young Farmer • livestock • Livestock manure • manure • Sustainable • The Contrary Farmer
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-310-6 / 1603583106
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-310-7 / 9781603583107