<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Peru’s guano supply threatened by overfishing]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Tasermons Partner http://www.grist.org/article/guano/ Fri, 30 May 2008 07:52:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/guano/1 At one point...

...nearly all of the world's fertilizer came from these islands.  Reports of guano more than 150 feet deep were common.

Now, there's hardly any left.

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...nearly all of the world's fertilizer came from these islands.  Reports of guano more than 150 feet deep were common.

Now, there's hardly any left.

]]> Comment #2 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/guano/ Fri, 30 May 2008 17:09:39 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/guano/2 Meanwhile,

fertilizer made directly from fish, without having to go through a bird's alimentary canal, is highly recommended, even by promoters of organic gardening:

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/seafood_ ....

Talk about unsustainable!

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fertilizer made directly from fish, without having to go through a bird's alimentary canal, is highly recommended, even by promoters of organic gardening:

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/seafood_ ....

Talk about unsustainable!

]]> Comment #3 by BlackBear http://www.grist.org/article/guano/ Fri, 30 May 2008 20:29:39 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/guano/3 Ugh...

In light of revolutionary new farming techniques which don't seem to require fertilizer of any type to be shipped to your farm, it astounds me that we are proving so slow to catch on. I mean, I know that composting is a very new technology and no has really had a chance to get it going, but I still think we could give it a chance.

]]> Ugh...

In light of revolutionary new farming techniques which don't seem to require fertilizer of any type to be shipped to your farm, it astounds me that we are proving so slow to catch on. I mean, I know that composting is a very new technology and no has really had a chance to get it going, but I still think we could give it a chance.

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