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This County Cut Sugary Drink Sales by 20% Without a Soda Tax
Howard County, Maryland managed to cut soda sales by 20% and fruit drink sales by 15% between January 2013 and December 2015 without levying a soda tax. The county’s methods could serve as a blueprint for other areas of the country that wish to do the same. [1]
Italian Farmers Turn to Cannabis to Fight Soil Contamination
Farmers in a region of Italy have a unique use for cannabis, and it has nothing to do with getting high. It seems that the low-THC hemp helps decontaminate polluted soil.
Vincenzo Fornaro says:
“For generations, our family produced ricotta and meat.”
California Desert “Superbloom” is Rare and Beautiful
The California desert landscape is usually barren, but right now it’s bursting with color thanks to a “superbloom” of wildflowers. [1]
Source: SFGate
The superbloom – a term used to describe an explosion of wildflowers that exceeds normal spring blooms – has transformed the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southeastern California into a rainbow of greenery, poppies, primroses, and lilies.
Kathy DeMunck, an assistant manager at the desert’s nature center, explained earlier this month:
#NewWorldNextWeek: Leaking CIA, Boycotting Coke, Printing Houses (Audio)
This week on the New World Next Week: Wikileaks opens Vault7, but what will be the "solution?"; Indian Coke boycott is taking off; and 3D printed homes are now a thing.
#NewWorldNextWeek: Vault 7 Problem Reaction Solution (Video)
This week on the New World Next Week: Wikileaks opens Vault7, but what will be the "solution?"; Indian Coke boycott is taking off; and 3D printed homes are now a thing.