Regenerative agriculture: New study identifies research priorities
22 Feb, 2021 12:30 AM
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Milking herd on multi-species pasture. Photo / Mark Anderson-Westridge Farm
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The values and mindset of farmers are key to regenerative farming practices, according to a new white paper released today by a country-wide group of researchers in New Zealand.
The paper identified key research topics for further study to improve understanding and practice of regenerative farming, as well as outlining the core principles of this mode of agriculture.
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The authors said that while regenerative farming was not a magic bullet , it did have potential to help move New Zealand towards its sustainability goals.
Book World: Native American comedians get their due
Donald Liebenson, The Washington Post
Feb. 22, 2021
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By Kliph Nesteroff
- - - I know a lot of you white people have never seen an Indian do stand-up comedy before, joked Charlie Hill on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977. Like, for so long you probably thought that Indians never had a sense of humor. We never thought you were too funny either.
Hill s TV debut, making him the first indigenous comedian in prime time, is one of the milestones that Kliph Nesteroff chronicles in We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, an illuminating and stereotype-busting history of Native Americans and comedy.
Cities With the Fastest Growing Wages
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Slow wage growth and increasing wage inequality have characterized the U.S. labor market for the past several decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted lower-wage workers, only serving to exacerbate these problems. Now, a year into the pandemic, millions of workers remain unemployed and many businesses still face restrictions.
Over the past five years, average annual wages increased by 4.8%, after adjusting for inflation. However, much of the increase in average wages can be attributed to growing wages among the highest earners. According to an analysis of