what is that horrible smell?
A couple of days ago someone queried a horrible smell in the neighbourhood. It was Identified as slurry spreading. It was interesting to read the reaction from various peeps .It ranged accepting it as an inconvenience to living in the country through to being something benefical to ourselves and to wildlife in general No one thought of it as being some thing out of order.
what people dont realise is that there is the world of difference between manure which has a very acceptable smell,and slurry from slurry pits, which has a vile smell. .Not only does it smell disgusting it is the icon of industrial farming. it is the smell of animals being raised in the inhumane conditions of slatted houses.It is the smell of chemically exploited land raped year after year for nothing but profit. It is the smell of genetic modification and momoculture .It is the smell of our bees going extinct. It is the smell of the death of our rural communities. In fact it is the smell of death and in my opinion ,it is not an acceptable smell.
