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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2018, 03:26 PM Apr 2018

Keep spreading...Good News

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Keep spreading...Good News (Original Post) pbmus Apr 2018 OP

in your own yards onethatcares Apr 2018 #1

For those at work, with Twitter blocked... Staph Apr 2018 #2

Healthy soil is incredibly important and so many RandomAccess Apr 2018 #3

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)

1. in your own yards

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:20 PM

Apr 2018

work with compost, even if you have to use chemically treated greens and browns. Get it hot enough to kill the bad and then let it sit for 6 weeks to 6 months before spreading it.

It works

Staph

(6,251 posts)

2. For those at work, with Twitter blocked...

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:53 PM

Apr 2018

Posted by The NPR Science Desk @nprscience

A Grass-Roots Movement For Healthy Soil Spreads Among Farmers https://n.pr/2IBF5hx

3:21 PM - Apr 9, 2018

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

3. Healthy soil is incredibly important and so many

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 06:52 PM

Apr 2018

of our typical mechanized factory farm practices do the exact opposite.

There's no reason we can't have organic farming as the standard instead.

It's growing. I have faith we'll get there. I just hope there are enough of us left to enjoy it.

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