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nexus © News New World Worms Can Save Holland O d Wd Hundreds of tonnes of manure are being transported back and forth across Holland r er while local authorities dispute where to dump it. 15 million pigs produce almost 80 Two leading Soviet economists claim | million tonnes of dung yearly and only half can be re-used as fertilizer. that a new international economic or- Ammonia from pig and cattle dung causes 60% of Holland's acid rain - over half derinspired by Sovieteconomic reforms | of Holland’s trees are irreparably damaged and another 35% are sick - and nitrates and successful arms control agree- | from manure leaching into waterways have caused uncontrollable algal growth, ments is now possible. rendering 15% of Holland’s water undrinkable. Mr Abel Aganbegyan, top economic Disposal problems make methane power generation infeasible as well. A adviser to Soviet leader Mr Gorbachev | possible solution to the pig dung problem is offered by earthworm farming. Asimple and MrStepan Sitaryan, deputychiefof | worm plot occupying an average suburban backyard will consume 25 tonnes of pig the Soviet State Planning Commission, | manure a month, leaving rich soil behind. raised the possibilities of a freely con- In Australia, the demand for worm manure vastly exceeds supply. There are vertible rouble and joint US-USSR hu- | only 30 worm farms, each generating a modest income, scattered across Australia. manitarian assistance to developing | Worm casings are a vital component of soil regeneration - healthy worms mean countries at a Washington meeting in | healthy soil. December. Mr Aganbegyan said Moscow was ready to spend some savings from disar- mament and a more efficient economy “to satisfy humanitarian and food needs of developing countries.” This year the US & USSR are to carry out joint nuclear tests after visiting each others’ test sites. Mr Gorbachev's perestroika (recon- struction) program calls for decentral- ized decision-making, increased scope for market incentives, partially decon- trolled prices and a smaller bureauc- racy. Time will tell. wwii Tweed Weed Fungus CONTINUES Blockade Cleans Up The Soviet Union and Japan failed to | Residents of Byrrill Creek, near | Certain fungi (toadstools, bracket reach agreement on the wording of a | Murwillumbah, blockedabridgetostop | fungi, puffballs etc) break down a wide treaty that would mark theendofWorld | a weed-spraying team entering their | range of chemicals, including organo- War II late last year. However, the two | valley late last year, claiming that the | chlorines used in insecticides. LOVE Wog countries agreed to work towards closer | use of 2,4-D on the noxious weed One of the chaemical mechanisms relations at a top-level meeting which | groundse] had caused widespread ill- | that allows them to cause white rot in lasted two days in November. ness in the valley. Spokesperson Mary | timber may may now be used to fight Peacock said residents had been hospi- | chemical residues. Cost OF THE CRASH talised since the spraying on council Strains of the fungi could even be land began three months earlier. bred to attack specific compounds, ac- Investors across the world lost over More than fifty local people held | cording to Professor John Waid from the $US1.7 trillion ($A2.4 trillion) in the | back the weedicide tanker for an hour | Department of Microbiology at world stock market crash of October. until threatened with arrest. They con- | Melbourne’s La Trobe University. According to Salomon Brothers, a | tinued their protest outside Tweed He said that fungi occur naturally, leading US investment bank, 40% of | Shire Council at Murwillumbah until | don't need genetic modification or engi- this loss was from the US stock market. | met by councillors and staff. neering and could be safely introduced Australia accounted for 5% of the total “We are even willing to go out and | intocontaminated environments, being logs, or $US5 billion, the fourth largest | cut the weed ourselves if they stop the | easily eliminated after they clean up an fall. toxic spraving.” Ms Peacock said. area biologically. New World Worms Can Save Holland O d Wd Hundreds of tonnes of manure are being transported back and forth across Holland r er e while local authorities dispute where to dump it. 15 million pigs produce almost 80 Two leading Soviet economists claim | million tonnes of dung yearly and only half can be re-used as fertilizer. that a new international economic or- Ammonia from pig and cattle dung causes 60% of Holland's acid rain - over half derinspired by Sovieteconomic reforms | of Holland’s trees are irreparably damaged and another 35% are sick - and nitrates and successful arms control agree- | from manure leaching into waterways have caused uncontrollable algal growth, ments is now possible. rendering 15% of Holland’s water undrinkable. . Mr Abel Aganbegyan, top economic Disposal problems make methane power generation infeasible as well. A adviser to Soviet leader Mr Gorbachev | possible solution to the pig dung problem is offered by earthworm farming. Asimple and MrStepan Sitaryan, deputychiefof | worm plot occupying an average suburban backyard will consume 25 tonnes of pig the Soviet State Planning Commission, | manure a month, leaving rich soil behind. raised the possibilities of a freely con- In Australia, the demand for worm manure vastly exceeds supply. There are vertible rouble and joint US-USSR hu- | only 30 worm farms, each generating a modest income, scattered across Australia. manitarian assistance to developing | Worm casings are a vital component of soil regeneration - healthy worms mean countries at a Washington meeting in | healthy soil. December. Mr Aganbegyan said Moscow was ready to spend some savings from disar- mament and a more efficient economy “to satisfy humanitarian and food needs of developing countries.” This year the US & USSR are to carry out joint nuclear tests after visiting each others’ test sites. Mr Gorbachev's perestroika (recon- struction) program calls for decentral- ized decision-making, increased scope for market incentives, partially decon- trolled prices and a smaller bureauc- racy. Time will tell. wwii Tweed Weed Fungus CONTINUES Blockade Cleans Up The Soviet Union and Japan failed to | Residents of Byrrill Creek, near | Certain fungi (toadstools, bracket reach agreement on the wording of a | Murwillumbah, blockedabridgetostop | fungi, puffballs etc) break down a wide treaty that would mark theendof World | # weed-spraying team entering their | range of chemicals, including organo- War II late last year. However, the two | valley late last year, claiming that the | chlorines used in insecticides. countries agreed to work towards closer | use of 2,4-D on the noxious weed One of the chaemical mechanisms relations at a top-level meeting which | groundse] had caused widespread ill- | that allows them to cause white rot in lasted two days in November. ness in the valley. Spokesperson Mary | timber may may now be used to fight Peacock said residents had been hospi- | chemical residues. Cost OF THE CRASH talised since the spraying on council Strains of the fungi could even be land began three months earlier. bred to attack specific compounds, ac- Investors across the world lost over More than fifty local people held | cording to Professor John Waid from the $US1.7 trillion ($A2.4 trillion) in the | back the weedicide tanker for an hour | Department of Microbiology at world stock market crash of October. until threatened with arrest. They con- | Melbourne’s La Trobe University. According to Salomon Brothers, a | tinued their protest outside Tweed He said that fungi occur naturally, leading US investment bank, 40% of | Shire Council at Murwillumbah until | don't need genetic modification or engi- this loss was from the US stock market. | met by councillors and staff. neering and could be safely introduced Australia accounted for 5% of the total “We are even willing to go out and | intocontaminated environments, being logs, or $US5 billion, the fourth largest | cut the weed ourselves if they stop the | easily eliminated after they clean up an fall. toxic spraying,” Ms Peacock said. area biologically. 14 NEXUS New Times Four - Autumn 1988 New World Worms Can Save Holland O d Wd Hundreds of tonnes of manure are being transported back and forth across Holland r er while local authorities dispute where to dump it. 15 million pigs produce almost 80 Two leading Soviet economists claim | million tonnes of dung yearly and only half can be re-used as fertilizer. that a new international economic or- Ammonia from pig and cattle dung causes 60% of Holland's acid rain - over half derinspired by Sovieteconomic reforms | of Holland’s trees are irreparably damaged and another 35% are sick - and nitrates and successful arms control agree- | from manure leaching into waterways have caused uncontrollable algal growth, ments is now possible. rendering 15% of Holland’s water undrinkable. Mr Abel Aganbegyan, top economic Disposal problems make methane power generation infeasible as well. A adviser to Soviet leader Mr Gorbachev | possible solution to the pig dung problem is offered by earthworm farming. Asimple and MrStepan Sitaryan, deputychiefof | worm plot occupying an average suburban backyard will consume 25 tonnes of pig the Soviet State Planning Commission, | manure a month, leaving rich soil behind. raised the possibilities of a freely con- In Australia, the demand for worm manure vastly exceeds supply. There are vertible rouble and joint US-USSR hu- | only 30 worm farms, each generating a modest income, scattered across Australia. manitarian assistance to developing | Worm casings are a vital component of soil regeneration - healthy worms mean countries at a Washington meeting in | healthy soil. December. Mr Aganbegyan said Moscow was ~ < we Love Wor ready to spend some savings from disar- mament and a more efficient economy “to satisfy humanitarian and food needs of developing countries.” This year the US & USSR are to carry out joint nuclear tests after visiting each others’ test sites. Mr Gorbachev's perestroika (recon- struction) program calls for decentral- ized decision-making, increased scope for market incentives, partially decon- trolled prices and a smaller bureauc- racy. Time will tell. WWII Cleans Up Blockade CONTINUES The Soviet Union and Japan failed to | Residents of Byrrill Creek, near | Certain fungi (toadstools, bracket reach agreement on the wording of a | Murwillumbah, blockedabridgetostop | fungi, puffballs etc) break down a wide treaty that would mark theendof World | a weed-spraying team entering their | range of chemicals, including organo- War II late last year. However, the two | valley late last year, claiming that the | chlorines used in insecticides. countries agreed to work towards closer | use of 2,4-D on the noxious weed One of the chaemical mechanisms relations at a top-level meeting which | groundsel had caused widespread ill- | that allows them to cause white rot in lasted two days in November. ness in the valley. Spokesperson Mary | timber may may now be used to fight Peacock said residents had been hospi- | chemical residues. Cost OF THE CRASH talised since the spraying on council Strains of the fungi could even be land began three months earlier. bred to attack specific compounds, ac- Investors across the world lost over More than fifty local people held | cordingto Professor John Waid from the $US1.7 trillion ($A2.4 trillion) in the | back the weedicide tanker for an hour | Department of Microbiology at world stock market crash of October. until threatened with arrest. They con- | Melbourne’s La Trobe University. According to Salomon Brothers, a | tinued their protest outside Tweed He said that fungi occur naturally, leading US investment bank, 40% of | Shire Council at Murwillumbah until | don't need genetic modification or engi- this loss was from the US stock market. | met by councillors and staff. neering and could be safely introduced Australia accounted for 5% of the total “We are even willing to go out and | intocontaminated environments, being logs, or $US5 billion, the fourth largest | cut the weed ourselves if they stop the | easily eliminated after they clean up an fall. toxic spraying,” Ms Peacock said. area biologically. NEXUS New Times Four - Autumn 1988