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Environment
Steven David Pickering, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam

Human manure or ‘nightsoil’ makes great crop fertiliser – but attitudes to poo-grown produce differ drastically

Human poo could potentially be an alternative to spreading animal manure on fields as a fertiliser. Tsirikashvili Nodari/Shutterstock

Would you eat potatoes grown in human poo? And how would you feel if the marigolds in your local park sprouted from human manure? In the midst of climate crisis, human manure offers significant environmental benefits. But can we overcome the “yuck factor” to embrace this sustainable solution?

The climate crisis has us rethinking everything, including how we grow our food and maintain our parks. Traditional fertilisers, both animal-based and synthetic, have hefty environmental costs.

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