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{{#badges: ToxicSludge}}'''Gene Logsdon''' is a farmer and writer who, according to his publisher's website, "has published more than two dozen books; his Chelsea Green books include Small-Scale Grain Raising (Second Edition), Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary Farmer. He writes a popular blog at OrganicToBe.org, is a regular contributor to Farming magazine and The Draft Horse Journal, and writes an award-winning weekly column in the Carey, Ohio Progressor Times."<ref>[http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/gene_logsdon/ Chelsea Green website accessed June 24, 2010.]</ref>
In 2010 Chelsea Green published his book [[Holy Shit by Gene Logsdon|Holy Shit!]] in which he promotes growing food in toxic [[sewage sludge]]. Logsdon's boosterism for growing food in sewage sludge is described on page 121 of is the book ''Toxic Sludge Is Good For You'' written by [[John Stauber]] and Sheldon Rampton in 1995. Gene Logsdon is repeatedly cited in the 2004 [[WERFWater Environment Research Foundation]] Report (funded partially by [[EPA]] and authored by [[Ned Beecher]]) entitled: [http://www.iwaponline.com/wio/2004/10/wio200410WF00PUM5.htm Public Perception of Biosolids Recycling: Developing Public Participation and Earning Trust].
Stauber and Rampton write: "As horror stories like these [about sludge poisonings of people and animals] have begun to leak out, advocates of sludge farming are responding. 'There is no doubt, among sludge scientists in general, that their long and arduous efforts to convince society of the safety of sludge have been set back a few years,' '''wrote Gene Logsdon''' in [[BioCycle]] magazine. 'One good effect ... is that it should become easier ... to get funds to mount education programs.' Logsdon advocated 'funding a road show' starring scientist-advocates like [[Terry Logan]] 'and a star-studded supporting cast of waste-water treatment plant operators. Put another way, this is a job for a creative advertising agency. If the nuclear industry can convince the public that nuclear energy means clear air, then improving the image of sludge would be, pardon the pun, a piece of cake.' <ref>[http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy.html] Click on this link and scroll down to a PDF containing this chapter of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!</ref>