Category Archives: Agriculture

Legalization and Regulation

By reckon | Published: April 22, 2009
Marijuana prohibition currently costs American taxpayers almost $42 billion a year. Compare this negative cash flow to the projected tax benefits of legalization – between $2.4 and $6.2 billion annually – and it becomes obvious why Milton Friedman and more than 500 other respected economists publicly support the legalization of marijuana. | via Reality Catcher
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The Vertical Farm Project

By reckon | Published: October 22, 2008
The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another 3 billion people.
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The tulip fields of Holland

By reckon | Published: August 22, 2008
The stunning tulip fields of the northern Netherlands.
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Bioplastics in Switchgrass

By reckon | Published: August 15, 2008
This past Monday Metabolix announced an incredible development: they have found a way to generate “significant amounts” of ecologically-sound bioplastic by growing it directly in switchgrass.
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