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New Food-Growth Product a Bit Hairy

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-can-your-grow-from-fingernails dept.

MeatBag PussRocket writes "An article from Marketplace.org reports, 'A Florida company has developed an all-natural product that it says could revolutionize how food is grown in the US. It's called Smart Grow, but it might be a tough sell. It's inexpensive. It eliminates the need for pesticides, so it's environmentally friendly, but it's human hair. Plant pathologists at the University of Florida have found the mats eliminate weeds better than leading herbicides and can also make plants grow up to 30 percent larger.'"

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  1. So let me get this straight... by KingSkippus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of dangerous chemicals, animal manure, or human hair, people are squeamish about the human hair?

    1. Re:So let me get this straight... by gnick · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The weird thing is that if it was something like wool, there would probably be no objection.

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    2. Re:So let me get this straight... by TornCityVenz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You should see the list of chemicals or "product" some people put in their hair.

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  2. Slashdot to digg Conversion Project - Day 13 by Chad+Birch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    samzenpus's campaign to gradually introduce awful articles that should have been in idle onto the main site continues. The plan seems to be to post one or two of these every day until we no longer think of them as odd. Then they can increase the rate a bit, eventually merge idle entirely into the main site, and voila! Slashdot can be as hip and successful of a site as digg is!

    History up to this point:
    April 28 - Tokyo Scientists Create Mobile Slime
    April 27 - Air Force One Flyby Causes Brief Panic In NYC
    April 27 - How To Have an Online Social Life When You're Dead
    April 23 - Race Car Made With Veggies And Powered By Chocolate
    April 22 - Robotic Penguins
    April 22 - Yamaha Unveils Golf Cart Powered By Cow Dung
    April 21 - Biotech Company to Patent Pigs
    April 21 - The Taste of Space
    April 17 - Philosophies and Programming Languages

    Do we really want the guy behind the worst articles I've ever seen on slashdot shaping the direction of this site?

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