26 While the recent housing plans put forward by San Francisco and other counties are a step toward increasing production, execution will be critical for making those plans a reality.27 The Bay Area must ramp up construction of affordable housing units, with a sp...
used to produce argan oil, are extremely difficult to harvest. The goats eat the fruit, swallow the nuts, and the goats' digestive tracks soften the nuts before they are passed as waste. Farmers can then gather and grind nuts into oil. The ...
Hula Valleyin Northern Israel is a recently restored ecosystem drawing hundreds of millions of birds through the valley. The common cranes are one of the most notoriousmigratory birdsarriving in the tens of thousands during the fall months on route to Africa. Feed is placed out to by the Agam...
There are not 8 times as many people in Long Island vs the current route. Total pop. of LI is 7.8M, pop of the Bronx, Westchester and Fairfield counties is 3.3M; LI has a little more than two times as many people. Plus, almost all of those 3.3M are in a strip along the coas...
A business can only be considered locally owned if those who control it live in that community. That could mean the ownership is held by the sole proprietor who lives and works in the same town. It could also mean that residing in the community are more than half of a firm’s partners...
Heavy rain in the spring and summer of 1993 flooded areas throughout the midwestern United States, leading the federal government to declare 500 counties in nine states as major disaster areas. To understand how floods work, you have to know something about how water behaves on our planet. ...
Dublin Rathdown: There is an extra seat in the constituency although Lettie McCarthy would be considered a long shot. POTENTIAL LOSSES Dublin Bay North: Shane Folan is an enthusiastic and highly-regarded candidate but he came into the race relatively unknown and trying to...
Have you been to the world's largest miniature wonderland?The Active Timessays you should. And Northlandz is conveniently located in Flemington, so it's not a bad trip at all from Monmouth or Ocean Counties. There's nothing weird about this place, but it might not be the first place ...
and south-central Texas. The drought contributed to agricultural and livestock losses and many communities adopted water and burning restrictions. In Tennessee, the governor declared an agricultural disaster in 39 counties. North Dakota saw its driest winter in 114 years, and Minnesota saw its second...
Silicon Valley covers an area of 1,854 square miles and is home to about three million people. It is located in the Bay region of California. Although its boundaries are somewhat nebulous, they generally include: All of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties The western edge of Alameda County S...