The Guardian: US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’. “Yet despite sums that often dwarf the land’s recent value, farmers are increasingly shutting the door. At least five of Huddleston’s neighbors gave similar categorical rejections, including one who was told he could name any price.”

#SiliconValley #farms #farming #AI #datacenters

'Other landowners have declined offers exceeding $120,000 per acre – prices unimaginable just a few years ago.'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐝🌱 While we often think of farmers, #cows, and #chickens, some of the most important workers on a #farm are the ones we rarely see.

Host Victoria Wu takes us into the #soil at Common Good City Farm to meet the pollinators, predators, and recyclers that keep our #food systems running. It’s a great look at how #bees, #ladybugs, and #worms contribute to soil #health.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/tiny-creatures-big-jobs-the-bugs-that-make-food-possible?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=tiny-creatures-big-jobs

#animals #animation #biology #blackandstem #bugs #ecosystem #farming #farms #flowers #growing #kids #nature #plants #science #underground #womeninstem #tksst #video

🐝🌱 While we often think of farmers, #cows, and #chickens, some of the most important workers on a #farm are the ones we rarely see.

Host Victoria Wu takes us into the #soil at Common Good City Farm to meet the pollinators, predators, and recyclers that keep our #food systems running. It’s a great look at how #bees, #ladybugs, and #worms contribute to soil #health.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/tiny-creatures-big-jobs-the-bugs-that-make-food-possible?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=tiny-creatures-big-jobs

#animals #animation #biology #blackandstem #bugs #ecosystem #farming #farms #flowers #growing #kids #nature #plants #science #underground #womeninstem #tksst #video

HELP US GET A PERMANENT WATER SOURCE 💧💦

We are solving the water scarce dilemma that has been putting numerous limitations to us.

We are drilling a shallow water well, that will help us maintain our farm green and also maximize our harvests

With a permanent water source, students will be able to grow a variety crops, especially veggies regardless of the season

👉https://www.gofundme.com/f/ssn-water-supply-for-the-example-plot

Pics attached, showing progress of the water project

#WaterProblems #Farms #EcoSchools #SustainableSchools

How species spotting took hold of a rural community

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.positive.news/society/how-species-spotting-took-hold-rural-community/

Reuters: Analysis-USDA’s reputation suffers after massive revisions in US corn acres. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture, long the world’s gold standard for crop estimates, faces mounting doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders and economists following deep staff losses and a sharp upward revision in how many acres of corn were harvested.”