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Booming Business For Egg Farmer As Human Waste Does The Trick

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By REUTERS, DAILY NATION

Kenyan farmer Victor Kyalo’s chickens have doubled the number of eggs they are laying. The reason: Human excrement.

He is feeding them food from a Nairobi-based organics recycling company. Sanergy harvests waste from toilets it operates in a franchise network in Nairobi’s slums and feeds it to fly larvae, which become high-quality animal feed.

Kyalo says his customers have noticed the difference in the past three weeks: yellower yolks and larger eggs. “Before, we were getting like five trays (of eggs) per day, but now we are getting 10,” he says. “It’s kind of perfect for me.” Read more…

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