Don’t forget the standard “Use Mommy and Daddies money to buy an existing small business.” Then run it into the ground.

What’s even better, they got his deputy as well. Normally the deputy either gets a promotion, serves as the interim head or transitions the new incoming replacement.

Getting them both means the new replacements are coming in blind. Mistakes can be made due to lack of knowledge for the next year or so.

That’s pretty much the point of the chart. Better public infrastructure decrease the deaths from cars.

Northern Idaho was heavily polluted by mining lead and zinc in those areas . I remember whole swaths of land was devoid of all life near the mines.

https://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/24/bunker-hill-superfund-silver-valley-lead-poisoning-469222.html

There is some pretty fucked up people in the area with several mental issues from it.

Relatively easy to do with strawberries. Look up pictures of greenhouse cultivation of strawberries. You’ll see that the fruit all hang over the edge of the beds/trays.

All you need is a robotic pickers with a color sensor on it.

Pretty sure it is. It’s really hard to get the high enough light levels for that type of plant growth without it.

Once you get high enough in corporate hell, all work is meetings and e-mails about meetings. There is nothing else.

Bullshit - it can’t be done.

1st rip get the water heater and all the recommended parts.

2nd trip take the parts that don’t fit back and get the “right” ones.

3rd trip take the “right” ones back and get the part you really need.

The 4th trip so the worst. You stop go to a local hardware store because you need a special part and pay out the bose for it.

For me, stopping, getting out, and getting some coffee wakes me up for 2-3 hours. I also listen to audiobooks as I drive to keep my brain working. A good engaging story is better than a nap for me.

The court’s decision also introduced the concept of systemic failure, which holds providers liable when they fail to adopt preventive measures or remove illegal content. Now, platforms will be expected to establish self-regulation policies, ensure transparency in their procedures, and adopt standardized practices.

Pretty sure this would cover Lemmy and most traditional forums as long as they have a written policy and standards that are consistently enforced.

FYI - In .y experience it’s a bit small for a good seed collection.

The proper size would be around 1/2 of your house.

Study was done by watching YouTube videos.

Anybody else have phone camera that inverts the the image during processing? I have had a couple over the years.

Aphids and other sucking insects can cause leaves to roll. Look for them on the underside of the leaves.

Fo there are no bugs or signs of damage it’s probably physiological leaf roll.

https://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/fact-sheet/tomato-physiological-leaf-roll/

Organic farming releases as much or more “poisons” than conventional. Just because those poisons “natural” doesn’t mean they are not harmful. Coppersulfate, pyrethrins, spinosad, neem etc are all indesciminate killers. Rotenone is a banned organic pesticide because it’s linked to Parkinson’s.

The 3/4 number gets a lot worse when you know we really don’t need to farm as much land as we do. If we stopped subsidizing idiotic farming practices and invested heavily in infrastructure, we only need to use 1/4 of the land we do. That includes feeding all the animals. If we migrated to a plant based diet it would be around 1/10th the current land usage.

We had a farmyard crossed dog that lived for almost 17 years I called him a car-puk-eh because of his lifelong affliction with motion sickness.

GMO are a tool.

Some GMO’s are a good idea. Virus resistance for example was the first GMO I worked with in the 90’s. Papaya ringspotvirus is an excellent example.

Some GMO’s were a mediocre idea and an overall failure. Like all the efforts with SAMase for improving shelflife. Aka the GMO tomato.

Some GMO’s are downright stupid and irresponsible. Like the RR in corn, soy, alfalfa, etc. Its lead to a massive over-application of one chemistry. Creating resistant weeds in all production zones. Or dicamba resistance is soybeans that’s fucking up all the remaining trees, shrubs, and forbs.

Yeah, only half of that statement is correct. Organic is overall more damaging to the environment for most species. The lower yields = more acres needed for cultivation.

Yeah no. Those are tyvek suits that are used for pesticide application. To complete the outfit they need some nitrile gloves and a fitted respirator.

For pollen isolation there a whole bunch of different techniques depending on the species. None of them involve getting dressed in one of those uncomfortable monstrosities. I used gel caps when I bred cantaloupes and honeydews (the types used for medications). Slap one over the top of a pollinated flower and it keeps the pollinators away.

Capitalism exploits cheap labor everywhere around the world. It’s a feature of the system.

Mexico and Canada have been investing in agricultural infrastructure for decades now. The only reason that the U.S. farmer can compete is due to shenanigans in import requirements. Imports are held to a much higher standard than domestic production. It’s why the majority of foodborne outbreaks are from American production.

American farmers have been conditioned to rely on cheap labor and expensive equipment. There’s been only been minor infrastructure investment since the 1970’s.

Without government subsidies and cheap labor, the majority of the farmers business models in the us is not sustainable.