By Delaney Hildreth–
An Ohio State University professor presented their findings about human waste Feb. 26.
The University of Louisville’s department of anthropology hosted professor Nicholas Kawa in Shumaker.
Kawa opened the lecture, “The Other Side of Our Food System: The Use of Human Waste as an Agricultural Resource” with the question, “Is human waste really just waste, or might it be something more?”
He then gave an overview on the history of human waste and how it had once been considered a resource. Farmers would use it as fertilizer and people who collected it could receive valuable items like precious metals, for trade.