Yet another book is being written about the need for a strategic food reserve, this one by an organization with the “unbiased” name of “ACTION for Food Reserves.” It asserts the usual warning that “Two bad harvests in a row could mean famine for the world.” To the author’s point, food surpluses are also burdensome since they impose lower incomes on producers. But as WPI’s Bob Kohlmeyer often notes, governments have historically had troubles managing reserves and reserves can be price depressing as well. It is the reason that even adept government managers like the Chinese have been shedding surpluses. The 2007/08 food security scare was mostly the latter, a scare rather than a tru...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.