After Walter’s piece on Napanee Correspondent Brenda Hogg, Jules Octavian decided to see for himself what lies behind her early-2000’s big-box store privacy fence.
countyfencemagazine.com/gentrification
After Walter’s piece on Napanee Correspondent Brenda Hogg, Jules Octavian decided to see for himself what lies behind her early-2000’s big-box store privacy fence.
countyfencemagazine.com/gentrification
A Winning #Food and #Farm Policy for #Rural #America
https://barnraisingmedia.com/a-winning-food-and-farm-policy-for-rural-america/
Fresh in the shop! Add instant countryside vibes to your miniatures with these Hay Bales. Perfect for farms, barns, racetracks, or survival scenes — small details that tell big stories.
"I often wonder what would spark a change in the attitudes people have about Black people in small-town #Texas. I hope that people like me, and the younger generations, will be able to inspire a much-needed change." https://www.texasobserver.org/racism-wrapped-rural-warmth/
Sunny skies were forecast this morning, the forecast lied, but I can’t complain about what we got instead.
From our magazine: Rural #Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you’re Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night.https://www.texasobserver.org/racism-wrapped-rural-warmth/
“The deadly wildfires raging across Europe this summer were supercharged by a long pattern of depopulation that has hollowed out the continent’s rural communities…
Decades of migration from rural villages to urban areas by people seeking work have turned vast expanses of former farmland into highly flammable wild vegetation.”
https://www.ft.com/content/16bc3ff9-83dd-454c-8560-68a0af74a1d1
Calm early summer dusk. Italy
There was plenty, more than enough, to share.
So often there is. And some do share, and through that, gain in their relationship with others.
And others do not. And through that, increase their profits but decrease the size of their soul.
The Harvesters canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-harvesters-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#rewilding abandoned #farmlands makes more sense to me. Sure, revitalizing some #rural economies may pay some socio-ecological dividends. With rewilding, one can restore some long-damaged #ecosystems. Carefully managed #grazing can play a role, together with a natural role for #fire
https://www.ft.com/content/16bc3ff9-83dd-454c-8560-68a0af74a1d1
A Summer walk in Kyoto’s outskirts
Ichijoji & Shugakuin Areas, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto