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An Economic Impact of the Use of Sewage Sludge in Forage Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Gary C. Reisner  and
Robert L. Christenser
Gary C. Reisner
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Robert L. Christenser
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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In 1976 the Massachusetts Commission on Organic Recycling was formed to assess the feasibility of recycling several organic materials. One of the Task Forces operating under the auspices of the Commission was called the Task Force on “The Feasibility of Application of Municipal Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land in Massachusetts”. The Task Force, composed of scientists and technical specialists from several public agencies prepared and submitted a report to the Commission.

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Community Development Issues
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 227 - 237
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

This research was supported by the University of Massachusetts Experiment Station: Massachusetts Experiment Station Paper No. 2162.

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