Patti,
Here's Frank Teuton's take on the composting carnivore feces issue. He has
a pretty sensible approach. So much of what you read on this issue is (in
my opinion) overly cautious --- no even alarmist. The reasons for the
caution warnings are seldom explained. Frank does that well and in
I read Jenkins' book and found it was wonderfully more than I asked for. I
learned a lot from this but still have some suspicions. I was just reading my
current issue of OG magazine and discovered an article warning against the use
of meat eating animal waste in the compost. I am surprised to f
http://www.weblife.org/humanure/default.html
Patti,
Much better than an earth closet is a home-made compost toilet using dry,
finished compost (light) rather than earth/soil (very heavy!) as covering
medium. The compost toilet produces more compost which completes the
endless cycle.
See also Joseph C. Jenkins "Humanure Handbook", his web
