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Composting, soil health, and municipal programs

I like to remember that ‘fertilizer’ generally feeds nutrients to a plant, whereas compost tackles the bigger issue of feeding the soil. Compost isn’t just about putting nutrients into the soil so that plants can consume those nutrients (although of course composting is related in a big way to various nutrient cycles, like mineral cycles…

Gratitude

Of course, people are going to be grateful for what they’ve got, when they think it’s the only option, and that there’s no alternative.”It beats the hell out of being unemployed.””At least they have a job.”And so on.The illusion of one path, one option, one viable present, with no alternatives (and no future) keeps us in the…


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