The Smell of Progress: A Brief History of Bird Droppings Ruling the World - MR Online
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Guano, global inequality, and the long history of shifting environmental costs from centres of power to distant and expendable regions.

A 19th-century advertisement for Soluble Pacific Guano, a potent fertilizer made from seabird droppings. Produced by the Pacific Guano Company, this product was marketed to farmers as a "remunerative investment" that secured large crops of corn, potatoes, tobacco, and other vegetables.

Guano, global inequality, and the long history of shifting environmental costs from centres of power to distant and expendable regions.

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