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A few years ago I left L.A. and moved to Canada, and shortly thereafter my husband and I got out of the city and started an organic farm. We've been experimenting with a little brick press for the tons of cow manure that quickly accumulate, and will be using it to fuel our woodstoves during the winter. There's no smell once they're dry, and it takes care of the volumes of manure that far exceed our needs as fertilizer.

As the previous poster mentioned, grass-fed, healthy cows are the ideal source, and that is what we have. No worries about toxicity. Later on, we'll take manure from other regional, pasture-based farms and make enough bricks to provide a wood alternative for others who want to keep their heating expenses down. It makes sense, and cleans up an existing problem. We'll need a more sophisticated, higher-volume brick-making machine at that point, but they're readily available.

The bricks can be used instead of firewood in a fireplace, and installing a wood stove in a city home and fuelling it with manure bricks will reduce your dependence on the grid, while addressing the problem of excess manure.

I love seeing the different ways manure can be used--thanks for posting this.