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Salt Lake City is building a tiny home village 

Salt Lake City is building a tiny home village to address homelessness. Is it just a quick fix for an economic hiccup, or is it the beginning of a new long-term housing trend prioritizing reconnection with community instead of material accumulation? Read more below. Source: Salt Lake City is building a tiny home village with […]

Opinion: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett should thank American taxpayers for their profitable farmland investments – MarketWatch

Congress has reduced risk by using taxpayer funds to underwrite crop prices and cash revenues. — Read on www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gates-and-warren-buffet-should-thank-american-taxpayers-for-their-profitable-farmland-investments-11615382905

‘Farms are going to need different kinds of robots’

Cattle on a farm in Australia wear smart sensors on their ears. The sensors stream data about their locations and health conditions to the farmer. The farming industry appears to have stagnated over the decades, however, it is currently undergoing an amazing transformation with new agri-technologies. Read more about it below. — Read on www.yahoo.com/finance/news/farms-going-different-kinds-robots-000715037.html

What if Local and Diverse Is Better Than Networked and Global? – The New York Times

Helena Norberg-Hodge has been arguing for localism since the 1970s, but the pandemic is making the Australian activist-scholar’s ideas more relevant than ever. — Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/world/australia/norberg-hodge-local-organic-australia.html

Megacities Are Not the Future. They Are Inhumane and Unsustainable

The Covid-19 pandemic has added yet another item to the growing list of weaknesses of megacities. Is this the beginning of a global “back to the land” movement? Read more about the future of megacities at the below link. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/megacities-not-future-inhumane-unsustainable-045410089.html

Are We at a Tipping Point for a National Food Crisis?

‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland Read more about how California’s agricultural sector is struggling to survive during the current economic crisis, and what the implications might be. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/everyone-tested-positive-covid-devastates-100005164.html

Is This the Beginning of a Crisis-induced Urban to Rural Migration?

Here is an account by one young family that, because of economic and corona virus concerns, moved from urban California to rural Maine to live with the author’s parents. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/relocated-central-california-tiny-coastal-130200430.html

US COVID-19 State reports

Please see the below link at the New York Times for the most recent COVID-19 state reports: int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/states-report-virus-response-july-26/e241189157b34378/full.pdf

Hunger rate amid coronavirus will go higher than during Great Depression: Feeding America CEO

The collapse of the “Almost Everything Bubble,” which was catalyzed by NOT created by SARS-CoV-2, is increasing the the rate of hunger across the US. Food production, processing and distribution systems have all been severely impacted and will not be able to recover in the near term. — Read on www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hunger-rate-amid-coronavirus-higher-than-during-great-depression-feeding-america-ceo-113427115.html