Category Archives: Economics

Garden Activism

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Bill

[Translate] With unemployment benefits running out for a staggeringly huge number of people in the United States and elsewhere, it looks to be a long, cold, winter. For many, it will be a hungry one, too. But it didn’t have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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That’s a lot of chicken ‘stuff’

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Bill

[Translate] I just now Stumbled upon this posting from a fellow in Europe. Does anyone know what they do with the biomass left over after the methane digester is done with it? http://conceptpop.com/80000-homes-powered-by-chicken-manure#comment-1387 How about in the US? Are there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s a smaller world than before

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Bill

[Translate] Just this month the front cover of Forbes called Monsanto “Seed Heroes”. (hack, cough, cough) Balderdash. I may buy a copy just so I can frame that cover as evidence that Forbes has abandoned even the pretext of journalistic … Continue reading →

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