Living in the desert of Las Vegas and work I g in a casino that separates food waste from plastics and other wastes; I often wonder if the food waste in high amounts could give life to the soil or would it just be a biohazard to try to mix it into the earth to bring back nutrients.

Question

Was wondering if deep trenches where filled out in the desert with food bio-waste. Could we perform small scale terra-forming? Would it just end up creating a mess. Kinda wonder of we could even bank away useable biomass in the deserts even.

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Answer 1

Sure. I have a compost heap in my back yard where I put all of my raw vegetable scraps. More sophisticated setups can handle meat and fecal matter too.

Turning desert into productive farmland might be a cool science experiment, but it’s not really necessary. We can already produce more than enough food to feed everyone on Earth. The problem is distributing it efficiently and equitably.