Thursday, June 20, 2019

Iowa and food--from Living History Farms site-

Iowa’s has ranked #1 in the United States in producing these crops and farm products:

  • 1st: Soybean production
  • 1st: Corn production
  • 1st: Pork production
  • 1st: Egg production
(Source: 2012 State Agriculture Overview- Iowa, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Arctic middens (garbage heaps) reveal 4500 year old DNA and pathogens, bacteria.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/greenland-s-thawing-ancient-garbage-heaps-are-releasing-a-4-500-year-bacterial-record-49255?utm_source=fire...