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RiverRaccoon
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Steve PetersonJust listened to @Swenson talk about the decline in rural Iowa, but I can imagine it might apply to many other #rural areas as well.
For the people: Dave Swenson's ideas on rural development - We All Want Clean H2O
Dave Swenson comes back for the third time to discuss his ideas about rural Iowa going forward. He talks about how we got here, the role of agriculture and the importance of centering our rural residents and thinking more holistically about region...
https://cjones.iihr.uiowa.edu/blog/2023/01/butlers-oftha-bushel from @DeSoto55 Our system in the I-states is engineered for maximum bushels, and altering the system to produce less pollution will require a redirection of energy. Someone might counter that the pollution is wasted energy and if we can redirect that into the crop, then win-win. But the way we manage water in the corn belt (get rid of it as fast as possible) really isn't compatible with this line of thinking.
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“our physical environment is horribly scarred by what is essentially luxury economics, e.g. crop production on elite soils over a vast land area that generates little common good. “
Temple-rubbing madness, indeed…
