NYT to Farmers on Fertilizer Shortage: Hooray for Pee, It’s More Eco-Friendly Anyway

NewsBusters ^ | 6/20/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Pissing in your garden PING.

[Rappini]

When I was stationed in Korea in the late 50’s they used to fertilize their corps with humman waste.

[Oscar in Batangas]

I’d say it was more of a golden lining rather than silver!

[willfulknowledge]

But it makes sense to ship it from Russia?

“One of the biggest problems, though, is that it doesn’t make environmental or economic sense to truck urine, which is mostly water, from cities to distant farmlands.”

[Rebelbase]

I watch farming videos of a dairy guy in Mass who spreads manure in fields bordered by million dollar home subdivisions. I laugh every time I see it.

[Rebelbase]

So Donald Trump was supposedly just doing agricultural research in that Russian hotel room?

[Billthedrill]

Wonderful I suppose if you’re going to treat your vegetable garden but a bit of a challenge to scale up to industrial farming. As a true patriot I should be happy to help fertilize somebody’s north 40 but they’re going to have to buy the beer.

[Organic Panic]

First... How many farmers are at the NYT?
Two... Many municipal sewer treatment plants already sell the solids as fertilizer.
Three... Just how will all the ‘pee’ be transported to the farms?
Four... Piss off NYT

[griswold3]

Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says
This article is more than 1 month old
PFAS-tainted sewage sludge is used as fertilizer in fields and report finds that about 20m acres of cropland could be contaminated
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/08/us-cropland-may-be-contaminated-forever-chemicals-study

[GaltAdonis]

"...It will kill even a goat head vine."

If I ever get back to Oregon I'll have to try it on wild blackberry brambles.

[martin_fierro]

Times climate journalist Catrin Einhorn

Any relation to the Earth Day Founder/murderer?

[martin_fierro]

BAH! BEAT ME TO IT

[SamAdams76]

Every bar and tavern should have a vegetable garden growing next to it. Patrons can just walk outside and relieve themselves there.

This will definitely save money on restroom cost.