“Cow poop is cow poop... Can’t you guys do something with this stuff — make a flowerpot or something?” Uttered at a brainstorming meeting for Connecticut dairy farmers in 1998, those words inspired brothers Ben and Matthew Freund, second-generation dairy farmers, to begin work on a new manure-based business:
Why not grow flowers and tomatoes from cow manure?
After eight years in development, a $72,000 federal grant secured through Connecticut’s Agricultural Businesses Cluster, and countless trial-and-errors, their biodegradable seed-starting containers — called CowPots — are being produced and sold to commercial and backyard growers all over the country...
There was an episode of Dirty Jobs (season 2, yes I looked it up) where Mike Rowe helped make gardening pots from cow manure. The process of making the pots got rid of the manure smell. Not sure if it was the same farm or not.
It's the ultimate reuse option! Talk about the circle of life illustrated.
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