As a young America spread further and further West, a new kind of tourism spread with it. Known as the “dude ranch,” these mashups of ranching and tourism really got started in the late 1800s following the Battle of Little Big Horn, which ended an era of brutal bloodshed on the Plains. With the Indian …
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A growing number of Americans are preparing for doomsday. However, the number of companies catering to the so-called “prepper” community doesn’t seem to be keeping up. Estimates vary but some peg the share of Americans actively getting ready to ride out some sort of catastrophe is as high as 20%. That’s compared to an estimated …
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China’s hog herd size is once again being questioned as prices of the country’s most popular meat have doubled from last year’s levels even as official statistics show inventory levels and production remain virtually unchanged. China officials blame the higher prices on farmers holding pigs back from slaughter. However, industry insiders say China’s herd inventory …
A lot of strange weather happens every day in some part of the world. While rain, snow, and drought is happening constantly and simultaneously in various places across the planet, some forms of weather are extreme in their nature and rarely experienced by most. A lot of weather patterns also tend to be unique to …
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Vertical farming company “Infarm” says it has successfully grown wheat inside an indoor farm. Infarm, which claims to be the first vertical farming company to attempt staple crop production in a controlled environment, says the wheat achieved yields 26 times higher than current farming practices average. According to Infarm, initial trials of indoor-grown wheat yielded …
There are a few family traditions that are so sacrosanct as the Thanksgiving meal around the table with family and friends. However, this year, with the high prices and soaring inflation many traditions are being tested and altered. If you are worried about the cost or thinking about making changes, don’t worry, you are not …
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On this day in 1933, the first giant dust storm, dubbed “The Great Black Blizzard” began rolling across the Great Plains. Most Americans are familiar with the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, but the story of how we got there is rather interesting. It really begins back in the ealry-1800s when explorer and map-maker …
It was around this day back in 1785 that a Baptist teacher and preacher named Elijah Craig founded a distillery in Kentucky using corn to make whiskey. Craig has sometimes been claimed to have been the first to age the whiskey in charred oak casks, “a process that gives the bourbon its brownish color and …
As the current version of Avian influenza is gaining traction countries around the globe are announcing new biosafety measures aimed at curbing the swiftly spreading illness. There are now reports of dozens of infected penguins in South Africa, there are many cases no win South Korea, and here in the US more than +49 million …
US diesel fuel supplies are at record lows. The problem is acute throughout the entire country, though the East Coast is feeling the most severe impacts. Prices are said to be running +30-80 cents more per gallon in pockets of the East where inventories are tightest, with some fuel suppliers already rationing supplies. Across the …
