[SustainableTompkins] Re: pooch poo vs sludge

[Joel and Sarah Gagnon]

Did this agricultural expert work for the poultry industry? That chicken 
assertion makes no sense. More efficient in what sense? Soybeans make 
protein using the sun and nitrogen in the air. They do take energy to 
plant, grow, and harvest, but so does the grain the chickens eat. Perhaps 
s/he was reckoning the cost of extracting protein from soybeans?

Joel

At 11:56 AM 7/13/06 -0400, you wrote:

>Responding to an earlier note:
>At least the cows are herbivores and the manure isn't a public health
>threat.
>
>1. when I was at the recent Montour Falls water workshop, met an
>agriculture expert who mentioned two things: 1) the high density farms
>manure are polluting water supplies, has resulted in people deaths and
>2) methane burning pollutants are a worse problem for health!   I don't
>have the details, maybe someone in ST does, or I could give him call if
>you have interest.
>
>2. chickens are more efficient protein production source than soybeans.
>Free range chickens (for non vegetarians) look like good future
>sustainable food source.
>
>
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