So I found a cheap local source for compost and soil. My only concern is that much of their compost is derived from biosolids via local sewage. My mom used biosolids in her vegetable and flower gardens when I was growing up and the veggies tasted fine and didn’t make anyone sick.
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Wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole.
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NO 
don’t do it.
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It’s gonna be a necessity in agriculture eventually. They just gotta figure out how to purify the inorganic waste from it. Mfs pour all kinds of shit down the drain.
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But it’s organic!
Seriously though, miracle grow is very very cheap.
There’s a great article about the value $$$ of night soil in Japan but I can’t find it now.
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None of that makes me any more comfortable with using it to grow my food or my weed. I grow my own of both for a very good reason.
I’m one of these tree hugging save the planet types(minus the vegan thing) 
just trying to lower my environmental impact a bit.
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The planet ain’t goin nowhere . We are …
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Suppose I could poop in a bucket and use that 
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It’s a common practice in a lot of places. If your produce is imported you never know.
I just can’t get past the Ick factor.
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Lol hell no man… I mean I see where you a coming from, but that’d be a hard no for me.
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Would certainly be easier to confirm what may be in it 
Probably get me to eat cleaner too😅
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Disclosure I’m not gonna actually gonna poop in a bucket and save it for compost
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Just remember that the cannabis family is also well known for removing unwanted and very toxic things from soil.
I don’t agree with it for food either, but that fact does put it on a whole other level .
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Do they have a laboratory analysis of the biosolids?
My understanding was there tended to be an accumulation of heavy metals (among other things) in the product.
Cheers
G
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I actually just found another source whose composting material is sourced from local school districts, and hospitals cafeterias and soup kitchens food waste.
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I would save that for the lawn or ornamentals personally.
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Not trying to be Mr Debbie downer , but given what makes up most of what people eat , especially in cafeterias of any kind , I would still pass on using it. It really is amazing the amount of chemicals and toxins that have " allowable " limits in our food. Some of which are systemic and aren’t going anywhere from composting.
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