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Creating systems solutions for sustainable
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Manure into Gold:
A strategic framework for manure management in Ontario
Download Page updated May 2, 2004
Prepared for CRESTech, Toronto, Ontario, to support its mission in economic development and technology research and development.
By Ernest Lowe and Ivan Weber, Sustainable Systems Inc.
This report proposes a strategic context for manure
management in Ontario and focuses on priorities for short-term
and long-term research and development financing. It proposes a
possible mission statement that establishes a sustainable
economic development context for this strategy:
"Ontario will lead the transition to
sustainable animal farming and food production in Canada. An
essential component of this transition will be identifying
integrated technologies and business models that transform manure
from a waste management and environmental problem into a valuable
resource solution generating marketable products."
Turning manure into gold requires mobilization of the economic
self-interest of farmers, food processors, farm suppliers,
technology companies, and trade associations. At the same time,
government must be prepared to partner in economic development
solutions that secure the public goods of livable communities,
clean air and water, and healthy land. Integrated solutions using
the opportunity of sustainable manure management will also help
government reduce the costs of the negative impacts of poor
management.
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