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  • Inflation is supposed to be a calculation in changes of relative currency value. The way that it is calculated depends on the government and the day.

    Generally they create an index of goods that they track. Changing what goods to track is the easiest way to manipulate the results… and boy do they ever manipulate the shit out of the results. What you choose to put into the index and what you exclude greatly influences the results. Common things that are left out of indexes include rent/mortgage amount, taxes, utilities, medical cost, education cost etc. small things that account for more than 75% of people’s income…

    Pruchasing power calculates how much goods a person’s wage can purchase after all their “basic necessities are out”. . It includes all the costs that the good price indexes leave out.




  • The_v@lemmy.worldtoGardening@lemmy.worldYSK about seed libraries!
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    A few things to be aware of:

    Seed is the number 1 way that pathogens, insects and weeds are transmitted around the globe.

    Do NOT save seed from unhealthy looking plants. Many viruses, bacteria, and fungi can be transmitted via seed.

    Make sure you know the proper sanitation procedures before sharing seeds. For example all tomatoes seeds need to be extracted via acid extraction to prevent transmission of bacterial canker. Pepper seed need to be treated with a TSP bath to eliminate TMV. All cucurbits need to be treated with a peroxide to eliminate bacterial fruit blotch.

    Be sure you know 100% what you are harvesting is the seed from the plant. Many weed seeds look identical to many common garden varieties.

    Know the basic reproductive biology of the species you want to save. This can help to unintentional outcrossing and mixing of varieties…

    Please save seeds from F1 hybrids. Selection from amanteur seedsavers/breeders have maintained/generated some of the most important traits we have. Feel free to make your own crosses introgressing important resistant genes into landraces.

    Before sharing carefully inspect the seed to ensure you have no unpleasant hitchhikers in the seed. An observational microscope can help with this.












  • The_v@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldIowa [OC]
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    What’s even better is that 45% of the production is for ethanol. Almost all of this is used for blending with gasoline in vehicles. A massive transition toward electric vehicles and public transit would eliminate the need for this. So 45% of the land used for corn production is not needed.

    Irrigating corn improves its yield by up to 70% in many regions of the corn belt. Investment into irrigations systems could decrease the land area needed for raising corn by another 50-60%.

    Bottom line: We really don’t need to farm 60 million or so acres in corn we currently do in the U.S out of the 80-90 million averages.