# Protein, Poo and Power - A Rich History of Manure & Food

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food.md
Podcast: [The Delicious Legacy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953)
Published: 2026-06-30T23:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy/episodes/protein-power-poo-a-history-of-fertiliser-manure
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/e/69e123eba0cdd3989c562474/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/episodes/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food
Duration seconds: 2126

## Resource

Hello! Brand new episode is out for all to enjoy! Firstly, some exciting news! The Serve It Forth Food History Festival is back on the 17th of October! Early bird tickets on discount for just £10 (plus booking fee) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-forth-food-history-festival-2026-tickets-1992224789976?aff=oddtdtcreator Egyptians, Romans, Babylonians, and early Germans all are recorded as using minerals and/or manure to enhance the productivity of their farms. The use of wood ash as a field treatment became widespread. But the secret to a fertile soil was always human waste. In Japan "night soil" was a precious commodity. How did we ended up today being disgusted by our own waste and wasting it far, far away from us, polluting our oceans? And why are the Minoans to blame? A recent article made headlines around the internet and it was mentioned in many good news stories around the internet. It went like this: “Scientists are aiming to grow 4,500 trees at a national park with the help of fertiliser made from urine collected from festivalgoers. Links about today's episode subject: Minoan plumbing: https://toilet-guru.com/minoan/ Can’t see the wood for the wees: Urine from festivalgoers turned into fertiliser https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/scientists-trees-hampshire-bristol-welsh-b1277509.html The Other Dark Matter https://www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Dark-Matter-Science-Business/dp/022661557X https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240116-the-dark-earth-revealing-the-amazons-secrets Music by Pavlos Kapralos Much love, Thom Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcast https://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacy Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy . Hosted on Acast.…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/episodes/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.