Attached is an issue of Choices Magazine which is a publication of the American Agricultural Economics Association. It is an interesting look at the farm as managed ecosystem. There is an article by the faculty at the University of Rhode Island concerning our USDA Conservation Innovation Grant…the Bobolink Project.
Here’s the link:
http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/block_9.pdf
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Yesterday the Department of Interior issued draft rules on oil shale exploration in Colorado, Utah and, Wyoming. As part of the rules, the royalty rates that companies pay for drilling on public lands would be reduced from 12 to 18 percent to 5 percent.
For an article:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/oil-shale-production-to-be-subsidized-under-bush-administration-plan.php
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Today my colleague Peter sent me to the blog of James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency. Peter warned me that I was approaching a ‘black hole’ – so I’ll pass along the warning on his post titled ‘Event Horizon.’
http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/
Hold on to your hat!
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I have a more than casual interest in prostate cancer care….because I have prostate cancer. About 20 months ago I was diagnosed with very early stage prostate cancer. It was not an aggressive form, was isolated in a 3mm sized tumor. The surgeons wanted to do a radical prostatectomy, but because of the early diagnosis [...]
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