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Aging Gracefully on the Homestead – Mother Earth News

If you live in the country, or want to, but are worried about aging there, this 2017 article from Mother Earth News is for you. Readers submitted their ideas on how to simplify and downsize in order to spend as many of one’s retirement years as possible on a country homestead. Click on the below […]

Did Rampant Disinformation and Flat-out Dishonesty in the Health Insurance Industry Make the U.S. Woefully Unprepared for SARS-CoV-2? 

Health insurance whistleblower: I lied to Americans about Canadian medicine – The Washington Post A former insurance insider claims that a coordinated disinformation campaign by the insurance industry successfully swayed popular opinion against reforms in US healthcare, which he believes has left the country totally unprepared for the SARS-CoV-2 medical emergency we now face. Follow […]

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

How a remote work boom and city exodus might reshape rural America

  Can there be a silver lining behind the corona virus cloud? Some small towns and cities are starting to see an influx of young people. Is this a longterm trend or just a temporary phenomenon? Only time will tell. Source: How a remote work boom and city exodus might reshape rural America

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

Homemade mask: Using hydro knit shop towel filters better, designers find – Business Insider

Three clothing makers built their own particle-testing lab to design a better homemade surgical mask. Source: Homemade mask: Using hydro knit shop towel filters better, designers find – Business Insider

A Harvard and MIT Study Says Doing 1 Simple Thing Is ‘Almost Magical’ for Your Child’s Brain Development and Success | Inc.com

This one thing is very doable and very powerful, as brain research has shown. — Read on www.inc.com/scott-mautz/harvard-mit-study-says-doing-1-simple-thing-is-almost-magical-for-your-childs-brain-development-success.html