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To Attend Grad School or Not to Attend Grad School-That is the Question
Why does it seem like getting an education is never done? Graduating from high school used to be enough. Then it was critical to have a four-year degree if you hoped to have a successful career. Today,...
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Corporate Food & Human Backlash
FDA, via AP The current collapse of the world financial system has revealed some structural problems in our national economy that have flourished over a period of decades as corporate interests bought...
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Natural Ways to Mitigate Radiation Damage
Best Nursing Masters offers a handy guide to natural ways to mitigate radiation damage that goes along with the guidelines for limiting radiation exposures reprinted here in the post Protecting Your...
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The Great Tifton 85 Cyanide Poisoning Mystery
Most people interested in various odd and unusual happenings in the world of genetically modified organisms [GMOs] had their interest peaked in late June by news reports about 15 cattle out of a herd...
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Land Mines in the 2013 Farm Bill
Every five to seven years a re-vamped farm bill makes its way slowly through the U.S. House and Senate in slightly different versions, to be later reconciled and presented to the full Congress for...
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Celebrating Great Teachers
Great teachers come in all shapes and sizes. I know that in my own life, there were three teachers who inspired me and gave me the confidence to be who I am today. For that I am eternally grateful....
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The Mountains Cry: A Vibrant Voice Passes On
This blog has covered many environmental issues, perhaps the one dearest to the heart has been the astounding destruction wrought by King Coal on the beautiful, peaceful, ancient mountains of southern...
View Article1 Million Pounds of Food from 3 Acres?!
Awhile back I happened upon a very inspiring 2-part story on about Will Allen and a company called Growing Power. How 1 MILLION Pounds of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres and Part 2 are well...
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Want to Market Value-Added Products?
Was listening to a local Western North Carolina radio station while attempting not to display too many symptoms of the viral gnarl my grandkids gifted me with last weekend, and heard a fascinating...
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The Afikomen Project
The First All-Wild Foods Market in North America My homestead is located in the Katuah Bioregion, which has the distinction of being the richest temperate ecosystem on planet earth. The bioregion...
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Killed a Rattlesnake This Morning…
Just a bit of Father’s Day excitement here on the ‘stead, where this morning Sirius the Cat was seen stalking a slithery something in the jasmine growing along the garden fence next to the gateway....
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Energy: The Good News, The Continuing Struggle
Boston Globe First the good news. The Boston Globs reports this week that Massachusetts’ largest utilities have signed long-term contracts for wind generated energy from six wind farms in Maine and...
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USDA: Sequester Impacts
The Hunger Games – Lionsgate We homesteaders are among the citizens who pay a good deal of attention to the programs and operations of both state and federal agricultural departments because they can...
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Mid-Winter Thoughts: A Continuum of Consciousness
Is Consciousness a Universal Aspect of Life? Many years ago, when I was harvesting peppers and tomatoes in my very first yard-garden soon after my husband got out of the navy, a friend and I got into a...
View ArticleA Trade Deal That Can Make You Sick
It’s a midterm election year, so of course the media is chock full of both campaign advertisements and political shenanigans always portrayed with the slant that reporters and/or publications bring to...
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USDA Sued Over Salmonella
The US Department of Agriculture [USDA] is being sued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest [CSPI] in an attempt to force the agricultural watchdogs to treat antibiotic resistant strains of...
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The Mountains Cry: A Vibrant Voice Passes On
This blog has covered many environmental issues, perhaps the one dearest to the heart has been the astounding destruction wrought by King Coal on the beautiful, peaceful, ancient mountains of southern...
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Mid-Winter Thoughts: A Continuum of Consciousness
Is Consciousness a Universal Aspect of Life? Many years ago, when I was harvesting peppers and tomatoes in my very first yard-garden soon after my husband got out of the navy, a friend and I got into a...
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The Best in 2014: Best 10 IT exam vendors and Top 10 USA University IT programs
With the evolving nature of technology, the demand and value of IT certified professional increases as well. As the labor statistics suggest the IT technology and is expected to develop 22 percent and...
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Land Mines in the 2013 Farm Bill
Every five to seven years a re-vamped farm bill makes its way slowly through the U.S. House and Senate in slightly different versions, to be later reconciled and presented to the full Congress for...
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