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| Message from Willie Nelson, MidWest Flood Relief Efforts |
June, 2008
Severe weather in nine Midwestern states is devastating family farmers. Disastrous floods in Iowa and Wisconsin have hit farmers especially hard. More than 30 counties in Iowa alone have already been declared federal disaster areas, and more areas are expected to be threatened by rising flood water in the next few weeks.
Farm Aid is working now with local farm groups, churches, and rural organizations to get emergency funds out quickly to flooded farmers. Today we made our first grant of $10,000 to a local Iowa farm organization to provide emergency assistance to farmers in need right now.
Visit Willie Nelson's website to read more of this article. |
Building Green
Source: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green building
Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort. Green building is also known as a sustainable or high performance building.
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How Soil Breathes and Carbon-Cycling
Environmental Expert : "Soil respiration (SR) plays a major role in moving carbon from the ecosystem to the atmosphere. Converting land for agricultural use accelerates CO2 emissions via SR. Planting trees (afforestation) has been heralded as a potential climate change mitigation approach. However, new research suggests that the effects of agricultural practices on peatland remain for decades and can continue to influence CO2 emissions even 30 years after afforestation.
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Soil Analysis for Improved Land Use
"Soil variation occurs across multiple geographic scales ranging from vast climatic regions of the Earth to a 50 acre farm field to the molecular world of soil nano-particles in a pinch of soil. For example, in a forest or an agricultural field, soil properties vary from the summit of a hill down to the base. Within a single soil aggregate that may be less than a quarter inch in diameter, there is a variable distribution of open spaces (soil pores), solids (soil particles), and water and gas molecules, and within each of the elements themselves there is variation, such as different pore shapes and different elemental solids.
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About Gravel Screeners
A gravel screener is used in the landscaping industry for the purpose of separating sand and aggregates from gravel and also to water gravel during the separating cycle. Gravel screeners also help to crush gravel and prepare it for applications on driveways and roads. Read more at Landscape Planet.
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