Gateway giveaways: AgSec Mike Johanns has announced proposed changes to Farm Bill programs “to help future generations of farmers and ranchers become established in production agriculture.” Unfortunately, one of them involves proposes raising the direct payment for commodity crops by 20 percent for beginners. Given that there is no shortage of these crops, and that […]
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Find out where your taxes go
April 17 is “Tax Day” in the U.S., the deadline for filing state and federal tax returns. Tax Day is a good time to bring up The Budget Graph (shown below), which I discovered last September at the Accidental Hedonist. This graphic shows how federal spending is split among the agencies, with icons sized proportionally […]
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• Artists explore urban sustainability at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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