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Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon

“The reason that we think Kernza is great for this environment is that we have such unpredictable rainfall,” Rodgers said. “So, for example … if we had a drought year, and there was no harvestable seed, farmers are used to that.” The benefit of Kernza is that the crop could survive that year, and hopefully thrive in a wetter season. Farmers would save on planting costs, the fields wouldn’t be left bare, and the soil would remain protected.

Morrone noted that profitability of Kernza in Wyoming is tricky. She said farmers can expect yields from Kernza to be a third of what annual wheat would produce. And that’s when growing occurs in ideal conditions. But the dry weather of Wyoming could further impact yields.

She added that growing Kernza in eastern Wyoming is “truly a novelty crop.” But Morrone also said it has the potential to be a great fit for the region, “either for grain for flour or even beer, as well as animal feed” when used as an extended-season pasture crop.

At the end of the experiment, the researchers at the University of Wyoming say they hope to have a better idea of the viability of Kernza for dryland ecosystems. Rodgers noted that the team doesn’t expect to see yields like those in wetter climates, but that even low yields would make Kernza a competitive crop for the region.

“And on top of that, it’s building soil health, it’s building long-term fertility, it’s lowering your input costs, it’s using less fossil fuels,” she added. “All those other great things are happening.”

Source: Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon

Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, Chapter 3 section I

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

This post starts section I of the rough draft of  Chapter 3, of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Acres.  

Since this is a rough draft, and I am very keen to hear suggestions if they improve the ideas presented here, as they are still in flux, please do share your thoughts per the Action Items at the bottom of this post.

And  once again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter will transition to a chapter (2-5) for each phase, showing what Phases I-IV could look like as part of a possible roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in the hope that All HumanKind  will eventually have each person’s basic needs  met, without taking anything from anyone, and without violence, intimidation, nor coercion of…

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How Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Prevent Environmental Crises — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Barbara Crane Navarro

Human Wrongs Watch 11 August 2021 (UNEP)* — Nemonte Nenquimo has spent years fending off miners, loggers and oil companies intent on developing the Amazon rainforest. Photo: UNEP / 09 Aug 2021 The leader of Ecuador’s indigenous Waorani people, she famously fronted a 2019 lawsuit that banned resource extraction on 500,000 acres of her ancestral[…]

How Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Prevent Environmental Crises — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

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De aquellos recuerdos

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Los recuerdos son pedazos de nosotros que quedan en los escollos de la memoria, en algún remanso de los sentimientos, mientras navegamos, como las botellas antiguas con mensajes, escritos no sé cuándo, que naufragan solitarias en la impetuosidad del océano. acaso para que alguien las rescate, las abra, se reconozca y le sea posble encontrarse consigo y reconstruirse, justificar los días de su existencia, igual que lo hago, cada instante, al pensar en ti, al voltear atrás y descubrirte en mi historia, en mis poemas, en mis suspiros, en mis detalles y en mis motivos. Recolecto trozos de ti y de mí, como el jardinero que desde el amanecer elige las flores más bellas, cautivantes y poéticas que regala a su enamorada. A veces me pregunto si reúno fragmentos tangibles del pasado con la idea de trasladarlos a mi…

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Now Adults can Easily Help Children to Become the Solution

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No more should we sit and worry about the problems we see

When solutions are here for us, and we can be problem free

Climate solutions were being given by scientists along the way

And now they are simplified so children can look forward to a brighter day

No more should we allow the children to look forward to seeing more floods and droughts

We should show them solutions so they can plan to work things out

Remember solutions were designed to remove the problems that are here

It is time for us to help children to be more aware

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They will develop the right eco friendly habits that will change the way the environment is treated

And in the process they will be more creative and they won’t feel defeated

They can benefit from protecting earth’s beauty in many ways

And…

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False Precepts

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We know that this life will end regardless of how many years we live. In the meantime can we let other people live their lives without interference. If we couldn’t control our birth and we sure can’t change our ending, wouldn’t it benefit this earth and it’s inhabitants if we offer goodwill, peace, an end to hunger, housing and health care to all. Regardless of our trappings we take nothing with us when we transcend.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

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