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Gracelyn Abel
@youngandabel.bsky.social
Agriculture - Food Systems - Environment - MT
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In addition to the video series, I also created a guide, available digitally here:
(PDF) A guide to anaerobic digestion for small farms
PDF | Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the process by whichmicroorganisms break down organic waste in an environment free of oxygen. The resulting products... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Sage and Sainfoin giving us a show
June 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Kinnickinick glamour shot
March 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Little late start, but my repurposed tofu containers make great allium nurseries. Oh and the pink celery is here too.
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
More seeds in the mail! 15F degrees outside!
February 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A little Katydid in the dark
February 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“The Butterfly Effect (2019) is a short doc filmed on a butterfly farm in the jungles of Belize. It is about the need for educating young generations to foster wonder that leads to cascading changes for a better future. Sort of

I helped make it and think it’s pretty neat. Check it out
The Butterfly Effect
As deforestation and climate change disturb Belize’s critical rainy season, one organization works to educate children both locally and abroad about the importance…
vimeo.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My seed order and new book arrived today! Spring feels closer.
February 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thomas J. Moore’s “Man vs. Nature” 1947. Made for the Rocky Mountain Lab in Hamilton MT.
January 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Here is a video series I helped produced for Western SARE on Anaerobic Digesters for Small Farm applications.

#bioenergy #anaerobicdigestors #agriculture #sustainability
Anaerobic Digestion: A strategy for capturing on-farm energy and nutrients in the Northwest - YouTube
Have you ever wondered what solutions may exist for organic waste management on your farm? How can you lower farm inputs, recycle nutrients, and produce ener...
m.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress.
By @hansilowang.bsky.social
Experts warn about the 'crumbling infrastructure' of federal government data
Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years
youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...
Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years #politics #survivingmaga
YouTube video by Sylvanaqua Farms
youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pictures are my great-great grandparents Vi and Fred Desch, whom homesteaded outside of Polson, MT in ~1910. The family sold produce, raised turkeys, and grew blackberries above Flathead Lake. The land has since been returned to the care of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.
January 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Spending the day honoring Dr. King and his profound wisdom. #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
N.Fork October of 2023
January 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
January Citrus trying their best
January 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM