Great big steaming pile of Human poo

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  1. Jiffy

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    Farmers use it as fertizler, it got there on lorrys from the sewage works, farmers got paid to have it but not sure now, but the crops which are growen after it has be spreaded on the field is not aloud straight in to the human food chain ie milling wheats, malting barleys and cow grazying, but it's aloud for feed wheats and silage/maize

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    And the same go for all the washings from brewreys and food plants
     
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      I thought it had to be heat treated to kill pathogens and which I would have thought would also kill tomato seeds, but what Jiffy says makes sense if it's only allowed on crops for non-human consumption?
       
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      It's the rules :dbgrtmb: ,But, who police's it :mute: ;)
       
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      It could be poo from Glastonbury, but i think it wouldn't be tomatoes growing :snork:
       
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        I was checking for the "other plant" that survives the composting process too :biggrin:
         
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          It was Rapeseed that was harvested from all around the pile, I guess winter wheat will go in next.

          Bet the farmer is oblivious that his pile of poo has had 119 hits:biggrin: Should have made a video of it, if there are any pathogens in it, they could go viral :snork:
           
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            I don't want to seem to be taking an obsessive interest in this but how do you know it's human poo? It just looks like any old pile of poo you might see lying around the countryside. I realise I'm asking for an excess of information here but I feel the need for clear explanation.

            I guess cows don't eat a lot of tomatoes?
             
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              Could get messy..... :eeew:
              By the way, isn't there a letter missing from the last word in that sentence? :heehee:
               
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                I knows the smell and look of Moo Poo, and it ain't that, I also know the smell as I used to go bottle digging next to the sewage farm.
                 
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                  No, because they also 'heat treat' the seeds there.
                   
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