How Spontaneous Order Saved North Koreans from Starvation
• https://fee.org by Rob YorkWhen the state could no longer feed them, freedom of exchange helped them feed themselves.
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Are You Ready For A Catastrophically Cold Winter? Here's What The Mainstream Media Won't Tel
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Michael SnyderExperts are warning us that this will be a "freezing, frigid, and frosty" winter, and even though the official beginning of winter is still over a month away, it already feels like that in much of the country right now.
BEEP base keeps an eye – and an ear – on bee hives
• https://newatlas.com, By Ben CoxworthBeekeepers frequently open up their hives to check on them, but doing so adds to their workload, and it stresses out the bees. A team of Dutch entrepreneurs set out to develop an alternative, resulting in the BEEP base hive-monitoring system.
Why Raw Butter Producers Are Suing the FDA
• https://reason.com, BAYLEN LINNEKINRaw butterists are understandably salty about a prohibition on interstate commerce.
Hemp Toilet Paper Could Change The World
• https://www.psnet.biz by Joseph JacksonAmericans use an average of 50 pounds of toilet paper, per person, each year. This accounts for millions of trees being destroyed.
Why regenerative agriculture is the future of sustainable food
• arcleinThe effects of industrial agriculture are quite visible, from the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico to the horrific (and government sanctioned) wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to make room for cattle ranchers. While organic farming has had an un
California authorities found and destroyed $1 billion worth of marijuana plants
• https://www.albanyherald.com By Christina MaxourisThe Kern County Sheriff's Office -- with the help of the FBI and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife -- executed search warrants on 11 fields in the Arvin area, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
Now APPLES Are Recalled for Listeria
• https://www.theorganicprepper.comOn October 25th, 2019 North Bay Produce Inc. voluntarily issued a recall of certain varieties of fresh apples due to the potential of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated as a result of a product test that revealed
Nearly 40% of 2019 farm income will come from federal aid and insurance
• https://www.axios.com, Jacob KnutsonThe Agriculture Department projects that farm incomes will reach $88 billion in 2019 but nearly 40% of that -- $33 billion -- will come from trade aid, disaster assistance, the farm bill and insurance indemnities, according to a new report by the A
Pig Plague Starts Rippling Through American Meat Markets
• https://finance.yahoo.com(Bloomberg) -- U.S. meat markets had so far been shielded from the effects of a deadly pig disease wiping out Asian herds. That's starting to change.
Garden maintenance bot prunes and trims so you don't have to
• https://newatlas.com, By Paul RiddenMowing the lawn can be time consuming and, let's face it, pretty boring, which is why robo-mowers were developed. And now there's the Trimbot, which could just be the next leap forward in automated garden maintenance.
This Virus Could Wipe Out Up to 70% of US Tomato Crops
• The Organic Prepper by By Jenny JayneTomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus creates rotten spots on the tomato fruits and weakens the plant and leaves. The reported cases have come from contaminated imports from Mexico and South America. The only cure is to destroy the crop.
Historic Midwest Blizzard Has Farmers "Expecting Massive Crop Losses –
• https://www.lewrockwell.com by Michael Snyder– As Devastating As We've Ever Seen"
Incredible Pictures: Thousands of Tractors Shut Down Highways in Farmer's Anti-Green Madness Pro
• https://www.breitbart.com by OLIVER JJ LANEThousands of farmers shut down highways in a go-slow protest converging on the Dutch capital Monday, as they protested being victimised by a government trying to meet European Union emissions laws by cracking down on agriculture.
Historic Midwest Blizzard Has Farmers Seeing "Massive Crop Losses...
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Michael Snyder...As Devastating As We've Ever Seen"
African Swine Fever Devastates China's Pig Herd In September
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenIn August, we reported that at least half of China's breeding pigs have died from African swine fever or been slaughtered to contain the spreading of the disease.
Trump announces 'biggest deal ever' with China for US farmers
• https://www.rt.comUS President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to celebrate a partial trade deal struck with Beijing, presenting it as the "greatest and biggest deal ever made" for American farmers.
Chinese Imports Of US Pork Soar To The Highest Ever As Beijing Faces Food Crisis
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenIn a time when China is losing between a third and half of its pig herds as a result of the unprecedented decimation unleashed by African swine fever - less affectionately known as pig ebola - which has sent wholesale pork prices in China soaring to
An "All-Out Blizzard" That Is "Unheard Of For October" Is About To Hit Farms...
• by Michael SnyderAn "All-Out Blizzard" That Is "Unheard Of For October" Is About To Hit Farms In The Midwest With Up To 2 Feet Of Snow
Drought-Proof 'Cooling Houses' Use Saltwater and Cardboard to Grow Tons of...
• By McKinley CorbleyDrought-Proof 'Cooling Houses' Use Saltwater and Cardboard to Grow Tons of Healthy Produce in the Desert
The Corn Lobby vs. Orange Man
• https://www.ericpetersautos.comThe corn lobby -" which benignly styles itself The National Corn Growers Association -" is upset with the Orange Man for - as CNN puts it - "reducing demand" for its crops.
Nestle Steps Up Testing After Finding High Levels Of Dangerous Weedkiller In Coffee Beans
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenApparently, beer and wine aren't the only beverages containing surprisingly high levels of glyphosate, a purported carcinogen and one of the most widely used herbicides in the world (it's the main ingredient in the weed killer Roundup).
Ten Times Cheaper But Better Food is Going to Radically Change Your World
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangNextbigfuture interviewed Tony Seba of RethinkX on their latest analysis of emerging global technology disruption.
McDonalds is Turning Dozens of Roadside Billboards into 'Honeybee Hotels' in Sweden
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.orgInstead of just using their billboards for marketing, McDonalds is putting their signs to good use by attaching "bee hotels" to the backs of roadside ads.
Wisconsin Farm Loan Delinquencies Jump To Levels Not Seen Since 2001
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) warned Thursday that farmers across the Central and Midwest US were quickly falling behind on agriculture loans held by community banks, according to Reuters.
Exciting New Study Says That Crops Thrive Underneath of Solar Panel & the Panels Produce More Energy
• Good News NetworkAgrivoltaics, also known as "solar sharing", is the co-locating of agriculture and solar photovoltaic panels. The idea has been gaining traction in recent years; however, few studies have monitored all aspects of the associated food, energy, and
Groasis is planting on the 'Roof of the World' in Tibet
• arcleinAny visit of Pieter to a faraway country is of course accompanied by either monitoring progress on existing projects or starting a new one. Here in Tibet, not far from the capital of Lhasa (the red-coloured Potala palace can be seen in the picture in
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT NEW TAX THEY WANT NOW!
• https://www.youtube.comMark Dice Video-Bernie Sanders Tackles Climate Change with a meat tax
Agricultural add-on pulverizes weed seeds
• arcleinSuch harvesters already have screens inside of them, which are used to separate crop grain from the seeds of weeds that get harvested along with the crop plants. Those unwanted seeds are then expelled out the back of the harvester ?" along with the
Borrowed bacteria make plants salt-resistant
• arcleinWhen those inoculated seeds were put in a growth medium that was 1 percent sodium chloride - a salt concentration that would greatly inhibit the growth of untreated seeds - they readily sprouted and grew into plants.
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