I've never understood the purpose of veganics. In nature, animals are constantly dying and shitting everywhere. What's the point of eliminating these perfectly acceptable sources of nutrients?
A fundamental misunderstanding of Jainist principles, is my guess.
Interesting, this is making me think of what went through my head as I watched the towers go down. Blood and guts and bone and teeth and hair and shit, all mixed together in a giant, sick Bass-o-matic.
I concur, my friend.
Can anyone give me an example of an animal disease that:
a. is transferred from animal matter to plant fruit through a living plant
b. is communicable to humans in this method
c. is not eradicated by proper composting
Not being argumentative; I'd just like to know why I should switch. Thanks for the info. Peace
Eee... well, actually there can be many examples brought up. E. coli is but one, there are parasites whose life cycles require plant and animal time, but I don't know enough about food safety to answer with anything more than that.
I didn't realize that jay was focused on veganic organics, I've read a lot of what he does but I don't recall ever actually noticing that being specifically his focus. I've always interpreted him to be a "use what you can find in nature" kind of guy, which could include deer poo, I mean if it works, yeah?
Would your own urine qualify as veganic organics?
A huge part of the problem with this whole "discussion" (aside from the dick-swinging. Really, do we need
more of that?) is that the term "organic" is not well-defined from the outset. And then the confusion ensuing from "veganic" regarding things like the poop of worms or the vomit of bees, and the greensand and DE that come from fossilized organisms and then if you mix in the idea that people don't even define a "theory" in the same way (scientific vs layperson) then you've got yourself a whole lotta mess.
I'm happy to use bone and blood meals, poops of worms and other animals, my own urine (but not my poo), and wrapping my head around mined products, i.e. greensand, soft rock phosphate, our favorite dolomitic lime, etcetera, etcetera. I don't know what else to think except that it's an interesting fad.
What about egg shells? Oyster shell flour? Ruh roh!