Microsoft: We're razing our Redmond campus to build a mini city | ZDNet
This article represents another step in the evolution of campuses. It may also hold a key to financing regenerative agriculture.
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Why do we eat so many spices?
Americans love spices so why don't we grow them
This link is to NPR's - The Salt. It has some good information about how much spices Americans are consuming? Is this because our food has such poor flavor of its own?
Bison, the latest in carbon capture tech.
Weather Channel: US-climate-change/south-dakota/
Lengthy article on the developing climate and the role of livestock in helping to sequester carbon.
Small farmers suing for dismissed Obama legislation.
An example of the conflicts between systems thinking and industrial thinking.
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Climate change and the nutrient density issue.
Soaring popularity grass fed beef may run roadblock less nutritious grass
This issue keeps developing in the background and it a cause of concern for me. If nutrient density is important for our mental and physical health, then where will it come from? Increasing the mineral availability in our soils may be the critical step to compensating for the increased CO2 levels in our atmosphere, which causes the larger plant sizes which dilute the nutrients in the plants.
Kiss the Soil? A new book about Regenerative Agriculture
Everything you need to know about regenerative agriculture
There are not too many books about "Regenerative Agriculture" out there, but this book brings together/filters much of the material out there. From the link above, it appears that the book does not include the role of livestock, which could be a major omission.
American oil industry's buzz kill
This is a fascinating article from the Guardian on the inability of the fossil fuel industry, and thus in the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) sector, to address the problem of Carbon Dioxide emissions.
The wicked problem of CO2 emissions was broadly recognized by the industry in 1959, at the 100th anniversary of the American Petroleum Institute, where it was a primary part of the keynote speech. It was subsequently validated by Dr. Edward Teller at the same meetings. Efforts to address the pollution problems of the ICE solved the problems of controlling carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, and hydrocarbon emissions from automobiles. What they were not able to solve 50 years ago, was Carbon Dioxide emissions. And so here we are 50 years later, with no solution.
Our society is built on this technology - the prime mover - and it cannot solve the problem. We need a different version of society that can. Petroleum and the ICE are incapable of being the solution.
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In Agritopia, Farm-Raised Food Is Steps Away From Your Front Door - NBC News
In Agritopia, Farm-Raised Food Is Steps Away From Your Front Door - NBC News:
View the lifestyle in an Agri-hood courtesy of this NBC video.
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5 Things That No One Will Tell You About Tiny Houses
5 Things That No One Will Tell You About Tiny Houses:
This is a useful article on the non-construction challenges of owning a Tiny Home. I especially liked the comments about taking lots of pictures for the insurance companies, as well as renting a tiny home for several weeks first. Make sure that it is a good fit for your lifestyle before investing.
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Lake Mead
Lake Mead water levels hit historic lows
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Growing Food for Growing Cities: Urbanization as an Opportunity for Many Small-Scale Farmers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A fascinating look at the role of agriburbia communities, or those with farms, and how/why to sell to the residents first, as well as surpluses to the adjacent urban locations.
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This New Neighborhood Will Grow Its Own Food, Power Itself, And Handle Its Own Waste | Co.Exist | ideas impact
This New Neighborhood Will Grow Its Own Food, Power Itself, And Handle Its Own Waste | Co.Exist | ideas impact:
They like to suggest that they are the Tesla for eco-villages!
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Will Harris of White Oaks Pastures lectures at U. Of Georgia.
This is a link to a University of Georgia Business School video of Will Harris - White Oaks Pastures. It is approximately 1 hour long. In the video, he discusses several of the forces that have shaped their business, including the pressures which drove them to install a slaughter/processing facility, an event that they claims they were forced into, kicking and screaming.
Will also discusses the issue of worker housing and how they will need to get a USDA worker housing loan guarantee to build new housing for his staff. There is no imagery, but White Oaks Pastures do have some new materials available on Youtube.
Cost of Vehicle Ownership - Consumer Reports
What does that car really cost to own? And what if it is the smaller second car? Anywhere from $5,500 to $16,000 for pick-up trucks and Luxury SUVs.
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