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Ancient grains rising

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Tuesday, 29 August 2023

World-Grain.com

Ancient grains grow beyond niche market

08.29.2023

By Jeff Gelski

ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA, US — Ancient grains have gone mainstream, creating a greater need for efficient distribution, prevention of commingling and consumer promotions.

Speakers at an ancient grains conference hosted by the Northern Crops Institute July 25 at the Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River discussed how the ancient grains category has grown in recent years and what strategies may keep it headed in the right direction.

On the skills slaves brought from Africa

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Sunday, 23 July 2023

Reading Juan Cole is good for the soul. --blj

Dear Ron DeSantis: Consider all the Valuable Skills the Enslaved Taught Cracker Slave-Holders (For Which they were never Paid)
JUAN COLE
07/23/2023
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Florida history curriculum on slavery says that some enslaved persons learned skills while enslaved that later benefited them, provoking shock and outrage across the nation.

"...To the Last Ukrainian"

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Monday, 10 July 2023

 

"…To the Last Ukrainian"
By Ellen Taylor
2023
Beat, but bivouacked, tonight
The newsflash tells us once again
America will make us fight
To the last Ukrainian.

We light our Lucky Strikes, and joke
And chew on this philosophy
And argue who, through rings of smoke,
This last Ukrainian will be. 

Basil says it won’t be him
For, through his nightmares, shells, and soot,
Comes fatal Baba Yaga, grim
Upon her tub and chicken foot.

The joke of our government is a joke on us

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Tuesday, 9 May 2023

This is happening because of the complete  capture of governmental agencies charged with enforcing regulations by the industries they are created to regulate. It makes a joke out of government, which by definition but not in reality is "our" government. This is another example of our how government is killing us. The joke is on us. -- blj

5-7-23

The Guardian

Prudhoe Bay nesting birds in danger from oil and gas projects

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Tuesday, 2 May 2023

 

5-2-23

CommonDreams

Alaska Oil and Gas Projects Harming One of World's Most Vital Bird Nesting Areas
"In the face of current uncertainty, to protect migratory birds, the U.S. government should ensure the most important bird areas continue to be set aside," the co-author of a new study asserted.
BRETT WILKINS
 

Migratory bird nest survival "decreased significantly" near fossil fuel extraction sites in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, a study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society revealed Tuesday.

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