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The New DU. Reply #19: From an ecological (or even agricultural) perspective, there is really very little "waste"
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Mon Nov-26-07 01:54 PM
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| 19. From an ecological (or even agricultural) perspective, there is really very little "waste" |
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The only reason we see corn stover etc. as "waste" is because of a limited and (and even anthropocentric) perspective on the biosphere. Even farmers know there is no such thing as "agricultural waste". I know they think that because I spent this last weekend at the annual convention of the National Farmers Union, and this very topic came up. A room full of 150 farmers were all horrified at the thought of using "waste" for fuel and just burning it up instead of using it to maintain soil fertility.
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