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NickB79

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3. Every time I see the phrase "agricultural waste"

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:52 PM

Nov 2012

I grind my teeth in frustration.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AGRICULTURAL WASTE!

What you call "waste" is valuable biomass that needs to stay IN THE FIELD to build the soil, hold moisture and store carbon.

It's ridiculous that we've lost a foot of topsoil in this country already, yet still think we can keep pulling every last leaf and stem of biomass off of our fields as though that's somehow "sustainable".

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