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All Their Stupid Ideas Can be Reversed and We Will Make the Deserts Bloom

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  All Their Stupid Ideas Can be Reversed and We Will Make the Deserts Bloom We will restore the very ground of our being ELIZABETH NICKSON Did none of the Masters of the Universe take Marketing 101? I know it’s a quasi-discipline, much  déclassé , for the peons in flyover country who sell widgets to live, but it does determine the world. What do you want to buy with your disposable income? What food, what house, what car, what do your children lust after?  Shopping decisions determine the shape of the real world, where real things happen. For some people, it’s their only opportunity for self-determination, and take it they will. This fundamental human characteristic is described perfectly by a graph, a chart. The  Marketing Curve  has been around for fifty years, and its one assumption is that human desire is the primary driver of the economy. We are divided into forerunners, innovators, early adopters and late adopters and it holds true for digital products, politics, vacations, and h

Cattle Farmer Says New Livestock Grazing Method Could Save Grasslands, Reverse Desertification

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Cattle Farmer Says New Livestock Grazing Method Could Save Grasslands, Reverse Desertification By  Autumn Spredemann   September 15, 2022 Livestock farming has been at the forefront of media and environmentalist attacks for decades. That’s because many researchers insist the United States has reached a tipping point with animal husbandry, citing extended drought conditions as evidence. This year, overly dry weather across the United States broke records. In February, findings from a UCLA-led study suggest drought conditions in the American West are the  worst  in 1,200 years. Subsequently,  livestock  farmers have found themselves in a hotbed of environmentalist ire. The drought crisis has drawn heavy frowns and finger wags from the orthodox scientific community, which points to livestock grazing as a significant part of the problem. Because for the majority of scientists, there’s a formula: more animals grazing equals worse climate effects, period. However, advocates of regenerative g