#Grains

1/n. We were discussing this comic by @xkcd while examining simulated lunar regolith, today. It came from this great piece about research by physicist Dr. Karen Daniels on why SAND
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This is Triticum polonicum, a tetraploid wheat subspecies first described by Linnaeus in 1753 and which was instrumental in the study of quantitative variation by early geneticists such as Biffen.
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@SusanSarandon https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/world/asia/india-farmer-protest.html?smid=tw-shareWhat the @nytimes article fails to mention is these reforms are mostly on rice crop subsidies, which over the years have been produced in ex
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You are making his point, you do realize that, right? The disproportionate procurement from Punjab & Haryana IS because of current food surplus policy that incentivizes farmers to grow incessantly
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Kick back for a thread about Robert Smithson's #SpiralJetty It was commissioned by Robert in 1970 and it is 1500ft long from the shore. What isn't talked about, is the
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Market psychology has to be one of the most intriguing parts of this job. When you're entrenched in a bearish market it feels like nothing could possibly change sentiment and
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#Thread The place derives its name from the goddess Kanya Kumari, considered to be the sister of Krishna, a goddess is believed to remove the rigidity from the mind, to
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My two world colliding today! Marketing and sustainable agriculture!!!Can't stop typing!https://twitter.com/BurgerKing/status/1282978244329967617?s=20@BurgerKing 's cow farts video and initiative is a good start. But I don't und
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THREAD: MSP & the wokeness happening around it.Let's start by addressing the wokes who are "standing up" for the "poor farmers".These budhijeevis have no idea most of these "poor farmers"
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#FarmLaws2020 1. Why Farmers in Punjab are financially much better than other Farmers in other States of India?2. Why GOI does their 90% Procurement from Punjab at absolute MSP?3. MSP
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Hey with all the “healthy food” discourse today, please keep in mind that “healthy” doesn’t look the same for everyone. If you have Crohn’s disease, for example, raw veggies and
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The disastrous situation of Eritrean refugees in UNHCR camps in Tigray. At the start of the Tigray war on 4 November they numbered 96,000 - all registered with the UN
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Weird way of saying "privatizations followed by pauperization" 3 times but yeah the crowd is righthttps://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1294986666101420032 Oh you don't want the right of JP Morgan to buy state industries for
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Aunt Jemima suddenly #woke. If you spend your entire life finding things to be offended about, you'll never LIVE. (FYI to any detractors: I was around to witness the remaking
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It's brew day! I haven't made beer since 2019 (couldn't have friends over in 2020 to share it with...) But now I only have 11 old bottles left, and I'm
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The best diet and lifestyle change you can make in the New Year is one that will be sustainable and easy to stick to 1) It's easy to want to
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