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  • River Rock Farm – All Natural Beef in Brimfield, MA

        River Rock Farm – All Natural Beef in Brimfield, MA.   Related articles   We Love Brimfield. (everydayelsie.com) Whole Foods to Offer Local Grass-fed Beef in Denver (prweb.com) Modern Paleo Meats Online Store Opens for Business Offering 100% Grass-Fed Meats like Buffalo, Beef and Lamb for the Health Conscious Consumer (prweb.com) Farm to…

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  • Google Earth Uncovers Cow GPS

      I found this article fascinating since it demonstrates how large scale observation of thousands of bovines can detect patterns in their behavior, namely that they all face North/South. A pair of German researchers are crediting Google Earth for enabling a new discovery into the hidden powers of cows. The two zoologists used the Google mapping tool to…

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  • Josh Klein’s Crow Machine

      Josh.is » Crow Machine »   Josh.is. Related articles A workshop on creating damn awesome namecards (sgentrepreneurs.com) Our favorite “forgotten tech” – from BeOS to Zip Drives (arstechnica.com) Sinnfabriken – Marken als Produzenten von Moral und Bedeutung (slideshare.net) Facebook Just Stole an Apple Design Guru (gizmodo.co.uk)

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  • NASA-Funded Carbon Dioxide Map of U.S. Released on Google Earth

    NASA – NASA-Funded Carbon Dioxide Map of U.S. Released on Google Earth. Related articles Plants’ fungi allies may not help store climate change’s extra carbon (esciencenews.com) Differences Between Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide (differencebetween.net) New Tool Maps California’s Biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitters (blogs.kqed.org) The coal conundrum and global warming (blogs.courier-journal.com) You: Rising carbon dioxide in…

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  • Why some people spend money they don’t have

    Surprising insights from the social sciences – The Boston Globe. This interesting article discusses a study on why some people are more likely to spend money the do not have. Related articles Have Your Money-Saving Plans Ever Blown Up in Your Face? (bellasugar.com) The Importance of Studying the Obvious (blogs.hbr.org) Paul Ryan caught lying about…

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  • White House Ale and Organic Garden

    What’s growing at the White House? – The Boston Globe. This is hilarious. Points out the local kitchen growers clubs are coming back and the White House should join ’em. Related articles White House beer recipe might soon be in public hands (wtvr.com) Campus Garden Grows 1000lbs of Food, Plans New Garden Each Year (treehugger.com)…

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  • Why farmed salmon is a bit odd

    Catch of the day? – The Boston Globe. This article shows that farmed salmon is indeed a rather scary product. It is injected with colorant to give it the beta carotene rich appearance of pink color which occurs naturally from the diets of wild salmon. It is often infected with sea lice Related articles The…

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  • Earth in the balance Mass MOCA

    Earth in the balance – Boston.com. THis is a great exhibit at Mass MOCA using photos of environmental degradation that both shows their extreme beauty but hints to the disaster beneath their outward appearance. I like the manipulated photos of Anthony Goicolea including Tree Dwellers. Related articles 7 Ways To Transition to a Plant Based…

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  • Reinventing the Workweek with Green Business Practices

    All In A Days Work — Reinventing the Workweek — Green Business Practices | Fast Company. Related articles Opinion: Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. (nytimes.com) Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. (andsp.com) US DATA: Aug Dallas Fed Svcs Outlook Survey activity. (forexlive.com) Is Monday really the worst day of the workweek? (bizjournals.com) It’s Sick…

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  • For California man, life is smooth sailing

    For California man, life is smooth sailing – The Boston Globe. Wow. This guy lives on 500 a month on a boat. Related articles All sides: Keep houseboat case alive (scotusblog.com) Design Ideas from Dreamy House Boats (apartmenttherapy.com) Living in a Houseboat (graphicsoflight.wordpress.com) Sweet Pea: A Tiny Green Houseboat Jetson Green (apartmenttherapy.com) Houseboat Life (justalittlebrit.wordpress.com)…

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  • Opening of craft brewery in Canton on tap

    Opening of craft brewery in Canton on tap – The  Globe. Related articles Journeys: South Africa Adds Beer to the Wine List (travel.nytimes.com) The Beer Nut: Mass. Brewers Fest in Boston Aug. 24 (milforddailynews.com) Brewing up love: Weddings tap craft beer craze (kansascity.com) Faces of the Philly brew scene (temple-news.com) Reboot Charlotte: Breweries Tap Into…

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  • Catalogtree 4.0: great data visualizations

    catalogtree 4.0. This company was cited in the Seed article for data visualization. One study was analyzing parking ticket patterns in London and how they peaked while diplomats got their lunch or something similar. Related articles CFP: The History and Future of Data Visualization (ASECS 2013) (lmc.gatech.edu) Weekly ‘Visual Data’ section in Corriere della Sera…

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