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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by ravenstine on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:50PM (#28406574)
It makes me wonder if we aren't using human waste properly.

I'm being serious.

We don't absorb all of the nutrients and calories that we consume, partly because we are overnourished (our bodies might spontaneously combust if we utilized every single calorie we ate), so there's plenty of leftovers in our feces. Does it ever get recycled for use in agriculture in "developed" nations? (I can't think of a word for that which isn't now a faux pas)

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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by edflsafoiewq on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:00PM (#28406675)
Yes it does.

> Biosolids are solid organic matter recovered from a sewage treatment process and used as fertilizer. [...] In the United States, as of 2013 about 55% of sewage solids are turned into fertilizer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosolids

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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by ravenstine on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:01PM (#28406701)
I guess I was using the wrong keyword. That's pretty amazing!
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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by overcast on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:24PM (#28406927)
Milorganite does just that! Comes from the Milwaukee sewage treatment.
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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by phonethrowaway on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:55PM (#28406614)
humanure is a thing
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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by bluGill on Friday September 03, 2021 @03:17PM (#28408181)
IT very much is. Just be careful, it is also full of harmful bacteria that you shouldn't eat. It is very useful fertilizer but needs to be properly cared for or you could poison whole cities.
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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by baybal2 on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:58PM (#28406656)
> It makes me wonder if we aren't using human waste properly. I'm being serious.

Such "Organic Farming" been taking lives of millions from communicable diseases every year in South Asia in China until the advent of synthetic fertilisers.

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