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Which is better: The large agribusinesses that seem to be taking over the world (and killing off the bees) or small, (often organic) local farmers? AND sociologists say that small businesses, unlike chain retail "big box" stores and large manufacturing plants, are better for our communities, because they have more at stake when it comes to the well-being of employees, customers and other local citizens.

In fact, the greater the number of small businesses, the HEALTHIER the population of a region is (probably because they can WALK to them).
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We told you earlier about how massive commercial hog farms are so disgusting that in Florida they’re trying to pass a law making it illegal to photograph them. The conditions are so awful that pigs are ESCAPING!
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But it’s affecting tomatoes this time – Almost everyone in the US has some Irish blood, because due to the potato famine in the 19th century, thousands of Irish immigrated here. When Anne Strieber analyzed the hundreds of thousands of letters from experiencers that she read, she found that a large proportion of writers had Irish surnames. Now the potato blight has reached our shores and is affecting tomato plants.
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Imagine a massive international effort to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide build-up in the atmosphere. It involves gathering billions of tons of cornstalks, wheat straw, and other crop residue from farm fields, bailing it, shipping the material to seaports, and then burying it in the deep ocean.

Making bales with 30% of global crop residues–the stalks and such left after harvesting–and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15% a year.
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