The abundance of Thanksgiving hides the challenges in agriculture
We are a nation that celebrates with food. Birthdays are synonymous with cake and ice cream. Easter is all about eggs and chocolate. Halloween is everyone’s favorite day for candy. But the ultimate in food-related holidays is Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, Americans will consume about 46 million turkeys, 77 million hams, 250 million pounds of potatoes, 50 million pounds of sweet potatoes, and 40 million rolls to celebrate the holiday. Farmers and ranchers are rarely at ...
Look Out for the ‘Lid Lifters’ Looking for Organic Waste in Your Trash Bin
They are for now “lid lifters,” compliance officers whose job is to make sure the citizens of the city of San Diego are sorting their refuse correctly. The local Fox affiliate says they “are conducting checks on trash bins across the city to prevent fires caused by combustible waste, following a rise in trash truck fires.” It’s their job to “ensure that residents are properly sorting their waste, with combustible materials like batteries and propane tanks being a ...
Will California Finally Overhaul CEQA?
In response, state lawmakers passed AB130 and SB131 this session, a package of bills which exempted various housing developments from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review and provided streamlined review for developments which would have qualified for exemption but for one disqualifying condition. Luis Quiñonez, President of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education, heralded the passage of AB130 and SB131 as ‘monumental political achievements,’ but pointed out that CEQA itself hasn’t been modernized since ...
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