tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5575803557650280448..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: ManureJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-13193306850192084492010-04-14T20:07:56.133-05:002010-04-14T20:07:56.133-05:00David, I agree--I really don't know. It would ...David, I agree--I really don't know. It would be great to get some input from an agriculture economist. What you see about carrots (etc) makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Wayne, I wonder about the issue of hormones, antibiotics, etc, that are in both human and animal manure. Do they really retain their potency, even after all the heat-treating, processing, etc? <br /><br />I hate the way Jean Kazeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-25294491401892012802010-04-14T19:06:49.218-05:002010-04-14T19:06:49.218-05:00Well, I guess its really an empirical question tha...Well, I guess its really an empirical question that neither of us have the expertise on. I kind of suspect that profits on manure are not high (they might even be zero?) and that they don't really subsidize meat sales but I don't have any evidence to support that belief. And I think it would vary among different byproducts. <br /><br />I'm also not sure that the interaction of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-83301275951622234712010-04-14T18:40:52.726-05:002010-04-14T18:40:52.726-05:00Jean- holy beejeezus.... I'm already on board...Jean- holy beejeezus.... I'm already on board with consuming animal by-products, because in some ways I can't avoid them (gelatin coating in my medications, bone char in sugar, leather in my belts and shoes.... okay I could avoid probably the last three... but not in a reasonably comfortable way. I've also heard that bone char might be in the inks used to print my textbooks that I Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-30133543158148357172010-04-14T17:37:32.958-05:002010-04-14T17:37:32.958-05:00Here's what I was thinking (but I don't kn...Here's what I was thinking (but I don't know for sure that I'm right)--If I pay for a very abundant byproduct like manure, that extra profit for the company allows it to sell meat for a little less. When prices are lower, people buy more. So buying cattle manure could increase the number bred and killed, even if the manure would just go to waste if you didn't buy it. Just Jean Kazeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-39639466866772319372010-04-14T13:05:04.974-05:002010-04-14T13:05:04.974-05:00So I'm a vegan and I don't see any objecti...So I'm a vegan and I don't see any objection to using manure for gardening. I think its fine for several reasons, but let me run one by you. This is how I feel about all animal byproducts (bone char in sugar, etc.): commercial quantities of these things only exist because we have a commercial meat industry. Demand is not sufficient on its own such that extra animals are being (or wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com