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Dental hygienist offered to fluoride my teeth again for $50

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Dental hygienist offered to fluoride my teeth again for $50 … 🦷

I declined. 👎 Fifty bucks might not be a lot of money, but it’s enough money to just buy and drink another 15 gallons of milk from the store, and probably have healthier teeth for drinking more milk with fewer chemicals to boot. 🐄

New Pork Ads Turn Heads in Des Moines International Airport | Pork Business

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New Pork Ads Turn Heads in Des Moines International Airport | Pork Business

“Pork: You can’t make it from plants unless you feed them to a pig first.”

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) will be running digital ads in the Des Moines International Airport featuring this slogan starting Jan. 27 and running through Feb. 10. This line, in addition to “Pork: It comes from a pig, not Silicon Valley,” will help raise awareness of plant-based products violating labeling law.

WVU researchers promote maple syrup production in West Virginia – West Virginia Explorer

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WVU researchers promote maple syrup production in West Virginia – West Virginia Explorer

With more than 400 million maple trees, it’s no wonder maple syrup is one of the fastest-growing industries in West Virginia.

To help keep the momentum and overcome challenges, a team of West Virginia University experts wants to educate landowners, foresters and loggers on the nuances of southern sugarbush management.

According to Jamie Schuler, lead researcher and associate professor of silviculture in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, continuing to grow the industry requires increasing the number of tapped maple trees.

“West Virginia has more total tappable trees than Vermont, but there are several barriers that limit participation in maple syrup production,” he said.

Those barriers include limited landowner awareness as well as misinformation about forest resources and perceived forest management or harvesting principles.

NPR

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Bigleaf Maple Syrup Flows As Profits Drip From Once-Maligned Northwest Tree : NPR

There's probably more written on how to kill a bigleaf maple tree than how to grow one, according to Neil McLeod of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup, a farm in the tiny northwestern Washington burg of Acme.

"It's hard to kill," McLeod says with a wry smile. "A great tree. Perfect weed. It makes good syrup."

In his humid, densely-scented sugar barn puffy steam pours out of an evaporator through several big stacks and into the cold winter air. The damp perfume permeates his T-shirt and clouds his glasses as he leans over the vats, inspecting them for any out-of-control foaming.

Introducing the Meat Based Carrot — Lonesome Lands

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Introducing the Meat Based Carrot — Lonesome Lands

A while back Goldman Sachs called "Meatless Meats, one of the hottest emerging trends."  There's just one problem. As you might have guessed, "meatless meats" don't exist anymore than carless cars, dirtless dirt, or moneyless money. What they really meant was fake meat, but being clear about their recommendations isn't exactly Goldman's strong suit. Over the last year the animal rights activist investors seem to have taken over Wall Street and Silicon Valley convincing everybody that fake meat is a great idea.  They have also taken over the publications ofForbes, Fortune,CNBC, and anything else an investor might be looking at.