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Re:The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023 by eru on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:36PM (#34644665)
> Regenerative agriculture relies on poultry and livestock to restore the topsoil layer.

Why not use human excrement instead?

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Re:The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023 by debacle on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:59PM (#34645138)
"The use of untreated human feces in agriculture poses significant health risks and has contributed to widespread infection with parasitic worms—a disease called helminthiasis, affecting over 1.5 billion people in developing countries."

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

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Re:The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023 by another_story on Friday February 03, 2023 @05:10PM (#34648458)
It's the same for using animal feces. There are ways to mitigate risk.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b02811

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Re:The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023 by eru on Thursday February 09, 2023 @03:59AM (#34721368)
Yes, exactly. Who said anything about using human poop untreated?
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