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Rock Port Wind
The small town of Rock Port, Missouri (pop. 1,300) is the first city in the US to be 100% powered by wind. The city's wind farm will produce about 16 million kilowatt hours annually, while Rock Port only uses 13 million. The extra power will be sold off to other communities in the area. The small town of Rock Port, Missouri (pop. 1,300) is the first city in the US to be 100% powered by wind. The city's wind farm w... more
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Back to the Land. YES, if you can afford it. I love this....
Great article.
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Surrendering to the tractor pull of love
Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
Playing the dating game isn't easy in rural America: Tens of thousands of twentysomethings have moved out in recent decades, small towns have shrunk, younger farmers have become a dwindling commodity. Or to put it another way ... there's a lot of land and not that many people.
Now there's an online matchmaking service that caters to rural Americans and their way of life. Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted... more -
Who's Got the Tallest Corn?
A portrait of 80-year-old corn farmer Clarence Anderson, who has won the Iowa State Fair's "Tall Corn Contest" for 13 of the past 14 years, setting a record with an 18-foot stalk last year. Will he win again this year? Watch and find out. A portrait of 80-year-old corn farmer Clarence Anderson, who has won the Iowa State Fair's "Tall Corn Contest" for 13 o... more
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