# farm news (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover farm news. Page: Feed: --- ## [Meredosia Ice Cream Shop Property Under New Ownership](https://wlds.com/meredosia-ice-cream-shop-property-under-new-ownership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meredosia-ice-cream-shop-property-under-new-ownership) _2026-08-22 · Benjamin Cox · WLDS_ A familiar Meredosia landmark could soon be serving ice cream again. Dustin and Leslie Cowick announced Saturday that they have purchased the property formerly home to the Dosh Dari Delite, with plans to renovate the site and bring it back into operation. The property had sat idle for several years. “Over the next few months \[…\] ## [Friday Football Scores](https://wlds.com/friday-football-scores/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-football-scores) _2026-08-22 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ JHS 34-Jersey 27 GNW 45-Routt 0 Beardstown 45-North Greene 20 Camp Point 28-West Central 0 Brown County 52-Carrollton 0 Calhoun 50-Triopia 0 Pleasant Hill 60-Mendon Unity 0 LaSalle Peru 13-Lanphier 0 Resume at 11 this morning Normal West 35-Glenwood 26 Lincoln 40-Peoria Manual 20 Decatur Mac 48-Mattoon 0 Rochester 21-Moline 17 Cahokia 40-Springfield 0 East \[…\] ## [Pike County Deputies Nab a suspect in Child Sexual Assault](https://wlds.com/pike-county-deputies-nab-a-suspect-in-child-sexual-assault/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pike-county-deputies-nab-a-suspect-in-child-sexual-assault) _2026-08-22 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Pike County deputies have arrested a homeless man in connection with the alleged criminal sexual assault of a child under 13. The man has been identified as 36-year-old Jack Green, described as homeless. Chief deputy Zach Orr began the investigation August 5th, after getting a report of a sexual offense against a child under 13. \[…\] ## [Crime of Week](https://wlds.com/crime-of-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crime-of-week) _2026-08-21 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Morgan-Cass-Scott Crimestoppers is targeting a burglary in Jacksonville in its latest crime of the week. Jacksonville police say the break in occurred on Mound Road sometime between Monday of this past week and Tuesday. Police say the unknown person or persons broke into a home in the 11-hundred block of Mound between 11 Monday night, \[…\] ## [Crimestoppers Most Wanted](https://wlds.com/crimestoppers-most-wanted-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crimestoppers-most-wanted-2) _2026-08-21 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Two people facing aggressive crimes are targeted by Crimestoppers in the four county area this week. The first suspect is identified as 24-year-old Lucas Magelitz, a white male facing single counts of aggravated battery, and resisting police. Magelitz stands 5-11 and weighs 165 pounds. He has brush cut blond hair, and brown eyes, and was \[…\] ## [Virginia CUSD 64 Addresses Potential Partnership With A-C Central](https://wlds.com/virginia-cusd-64-addresses-potential-partnership-with-a-c-central/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virginia-cusd-64-addresses-potential-partnership-with-a-c-central) _2026-08-21 · Benjamin Cox · WLDS_ Virginia school officials are acknowledging that A-C Central has approached the district about the possibility of a future educational partnership. Virginia CUSD 64 released a statement Thursday evening saying the discussions are preliminary and that no agreement has been reached for A-C Central students to attend Virginia School District. The district says A-C Central’s board \[…\] ## [How does a city-state of just over six million people now cover roughly 40 percent of its total water demand with what its citizens flushed down the toilet a week earlier?](https://solardaily.com/so-q-how-does-a-city-state-of-just-over-six-million-people-now-cover-roughly-40-percent-of-its-total-water-demand-with-what-its-citizens-flushed-down-the-toilet-a-week-earlier/) _2026-08-21 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ Singapore's five NEWater plants recycle used water through microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet disinfection to supply up to 40 percent of the city-state's water demand — a model now being copied from Phoenix to Delhi. The post How does a city-state of just over six million people now cover roughly 40 percent of its total water demand with what its citizens flushed down the toilet a… ## [Homeless Survey Crews](https://wlds.com/homeless-survey-crews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeless-survey-crews) _2026-08-21 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Survey teams sent out by the Jacksonville Salvation Army for the homeless have had success in the early going. That’s the assessment of Jacksonville Salvation Army captain Justian Corliss. He has been organizing the teams for the survey process. He thinks that’s the best approach to finding some solution for the homeless situation in Jacksonville. \[…\] ## [Friday Night Openers](https://wlds.com/friday-night-openers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-night-openers) _2026-08-21 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Friday night lights returns for west central Illinois high school football teams tonight. Jacksonville opens on the road at Jerseyville, where the Crimsons meet the Jersey High Panthers. The pregame show starts at 6:30. That game will be on the air on WLDS. On WEAI, we head to Greene County, where the Routt Rockets play \[…\] ## [Maple syrup class action lawsuit filed](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/business/farm-business/maple-syrup-class-action-lawsuit-filed) _2026-08-20 · Postmedia News · Ontario Farmer_ A class-action lawsuit over fake maple syrup has named Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro and Epicia Group. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GfsBgjufyMHH) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Apple growers form Apples Canada](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/farm-news/apple-growers-form-apples-canada) _2026-08-20 · Postmedia News · Ontario Farmer_ Apple grower organizations have created Apples Canada with five provinces signing on. ## [2 Bloggers 1 Book - Swamp Monster Massacre](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-bloggers-1-book-swamp-monster-massacre.html) _2026-08-20 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ This month Stormi and I decided to venture into one of Hunter Shea's backlist books for our buddy reads. We have always enjoyed this author, and she received this book as a birthday gift from a friend, and I was able to access it on Kindle Unlimited, add in Summer of Horror and it made perfect sense. So read on for my thoughts and then hop over to Stormi's to see hers. TITLE: Swamp Monster… ## [South Jax Grant App for Water Mains](https://wlds.com/south-jax-grant-app-for-water-mains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-jax-grant-app-for-water-mains) _2026-08-20 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ A public hearing on a grant application is planned before the South Jacksonville village board meeting tonight. The village is seeking close to $1 and a half million in grant funds through the state department of commerce and economic opportunity, and the community development block grant program. The money would be used to replace older \[…\] ## [The bar-tailed godwit flies from Alaska to Tasmania in a single 11-day flight covering roughly 13,560 kilometres without eating, drinking, or landing, and shrinks its own liver and intestines mid-flight to save weight](https://solardaily.com/so-the-bar-tailed-godwit-flies-from-alaska-to-tasmania-in-a-single-11-day-flight-covering-roughly-13560-kilometres-without-eating-drinking-or-landing-and-shrinks-its-own-liver-and-intestines-mid-f/) _2026-08-20 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ A pigeon-sized bird just flew nearly 9,000 miles without landing, eating, or drinking—by quietly dismantling its own body mid-journey. The post The bar-tailed godwit flies from Alaska to Tasmania in a single 11-day flight covering roughly 13,560 kilometres without eating, drinking, or landing, and shrinks its own liver and intestines mid-flight to save weight appeared first on Solar Daily . ## [In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from a Suffolk holiday to find a Petri dish of Staphylococcus contaminated by a blue-green mould possibly carried from a mycology lab downstairs, and the clear ring of dead bacteria around the fleck became the accidental start of the antibiotic era](https://solardaily.com/so-in-1928-alexander-fleming-returned-from-a-suffolk-holiday-to-find-a-petri-dish-of-staphylococcus-contaminated-by-a-blue-green-mould-possibly-carried-from-a-mycology-lab-downstairs-and-the-clear-r/) _2026-08-20 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ A lab mistake that killed bacteria became the gateway to modern medicine—but Fleming's real genius was recognizing what others would have simply discarded. The post In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from a Suffolk holiday to find a Petri dish of Staphylococcus contaminated by a blue-green mould possibly carried from a mycology lab downstairs, and the clear ring of dead bacteria around the fleck… ## [Hammond Plans to Hold Governor To Estate Tax Promise](https://wlds.com/hammond-plans-to-hold-governor-to-estate-tax-promise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammond-plans-to-hold-governor-to-estate-tax-promise) _2026-08-20 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ An area lawmaker is holding Governor JB Pritzker’s feet to the fire in his promise to act on the Family Farm Preservation Act. Representative Norinne Hammond says Pritzker told a gathering of reporters at the Illinois State Fair that the act is on his agenda. She says he also pledged his support for \[…\] ## [Cherry Sentenced in Greene Court](https://wlds.com/cherry-sentenced-in-greene-court/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cherry-sentenced-in-greene-court) _2026-08-20 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ A Greene County man has admitted to a drug charge in Greene County court. 41-year-old Christopher Cherry of Roodhouse was sentenced Tuesday to four years in the department of corrections for meth possession. It is a class 3 felony. The charge stems from his arrest after having less than five grams of \[…\] ## [Feed Your TBR (Summer of Horror 2026 Edition)](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/feed-your-tbr-summer-of-horror-2026_02117904486.html) _2026-08-19 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ Can't Wait Wednesday, which I have adapted to better suit my blog as "Feed Your TBR" is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight highly anticipated books. It is based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme which used to be hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Also, since it is Summer of Horror, each week I will be trying to do one horror and one horror pick - at least through August. August… ## [United Way Kick Off](https://wlds.com/united-way-kick-off/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-way-kick-off) _2026-08-19 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ The 2026 Prairieland United Way campaign kicks off tomorrow at Future Champions. The theme this year is Friends United, playing off the long running comedy series “Friends.” The friends are the six co-chairwomen…Janissa Ezard, Brittany Henry, Jeni Rajaguru, Julie Finn, Lisa Watson, and Jennifer Pool. Brittany Henry says the idea came from a request by \[…\] ## [REVIEW: A PEI native writes and performs about time off the island](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/farm-news/review-a-pei-native-writes-and-performs-about-time-off-the-island) _2026-08-19 · Sharon Grose, Ontario Farmer · Ontario Farmer_ Justin Shaw delivers authentic energy in his one man show - Off-Island Odyssey, at Blyth Festival ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dH1mUOz6gYFI) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Jax City Elections Filings](https://wlds.com/jax-city-elections-filings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jax-city-elections-filings) _2026-08-19 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Five aldermanic seats on the Jacksonville city council will be up for re-election next spring. The filing period starts in November. The petition circulation starts on Monday. The five seats involved in the election include two filled by mayoral appointees. They are Rob Thomas in Ward one, and Mark Sorrill in Ward 5. Sorrill filled \[…\] ## [Rains and Plugged Drains](https://wlds.com/rains-and-plugged-drains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rains-and-plugged-drains) _2026-08-18 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ A stalled front that dumped high humidity levels and heavy rains is being blamed for a rainy first half of August. Rainfall for the month, through 18 days, now stands at just under 5 and a half inches. Normal rainfall for all of August is two inches less, at just under 3 and a half \[…\] ## [Horror Movies I Probably Wouldn't Recommend (Summer of Horror 2026)](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/horror-movies-i-probably-wouldnt.html) _2026-08-18 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ I'm participating in Tammy's, over at Books, Bones & Buffy , Summer of Horror Event. It's such a great event and she encourages all kinds of horror-related posts. Unfortunately, me and Mr. Barb have recently watched some horror movies I wasn't a huge fan of, but I thought I would share some of our thoughts anyways. Evil Dead Burn - Over the years I've really enjoyed the Evil Dead franchise, and I… ## [Pathway Tries Glo-Bingo](https://wlds.com/pathway-tries-glo-bingo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pathway-tries-glo-bingo) _2026-08-18 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Pathway Services Unlimited will hold a different kind of bingo fundraiser later this month. It is GloBingo at the Jacksonville American Legion on the 28th. Pathway executive director Ryan Dowd says the event is a new experience for the agency. He’s not sure what to expect. People must be 18 and older to attend. Doors \[…\] ## [District 117 Sets Up Top Administration Succession](https://wlds.com/district-117-sets-up-top-administration-succession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=district-117-sets-up-top-administration-succession) _2026-08-18 · Benjamin Cox · WLDS_ Jacksonville School District 117 has begun putting its next generation of leadership in place as Superintendent Steve Ptacek prepares to retire at the end of the school year. The district has moved former Jacksonville Middle School Principal Celeste Lashmett into the central office this school year, where she is working alongside Ptacek and Assistant Superintendent \[…\] ## [What happened when a New England river had its century-old dam removed in 1999, and how far upstream did Atlantic salmon and shad return within a single decade?](https://solardaily.com/so-q-what-happened-when-a-new-england-river-had-its-century-old-dam-removed-in-1999-and-how-far-upstream-did-atlantic-salmon-and-shad-return-within-a-single-decade/) _2026-08-18 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ Removing Edwards Dam in 1999 reopened Maine’s Kennebec River to migratory fish. Within nine years, Atlantic salmon and shad had returned as far as Lockwood Dam, roughly 63 river miles from the sea. The post What happened when a New England river had its century-old dam removed in 1999, and how far upstream did Atlantic salmon and shad return within a single decade? appeared first on Solar Daily . ## [A single lightning flash on 29 April 2020 stretched 768 kilometres across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas in 7.39 seconds, a bolt long enough to reach from London to Hamburg along a single channel of superheated plasma five times hotter than the surface of the Sun](https://solardaily.com/so-a-single-lightning-flash-on-29-april-2020-stretched-768-kilometres-across-mississippi-louisiana-and-texas-in-7-39-seconds-a-bolt-long-enough-to-reach-from-london-to-hamburg-along-a-single-channe/) _2026-08-18 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ On 29 April 2020, a single lightning flash stretched 768 kilometres across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in 7.39 seconds — a bolt long enough to reach from London to Berlin, traced by NOAA's GOES-16 satellite from geostationary orbit. The post A single lightning flash on 29 April 2020 stretched 768 kilometres across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas in 7.39 seconds, a bolt long enough to reach… ## [Crimestoppers Crime of Week](https://wlds.com/crimestoppers-crime-of-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crimestoppers-crime-of-week) _2026-08-17 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ The Jacksonville police department is getting help from Crimestoppers regarding a vehicle vandalism incident from last week. The incident occurred between Friday last week at 1:30 PM, and Saturday morning that weekend at 8:30. Vandals used something to puncture tires on an unoccupied van in the 700 block of West College. Anyone with information about \[…\] ## [In 1839, a 19-year-old Edmond Becquerel dipped two platinum electrodes into an acidic solution in his father’s Paris laboratory, shone sunlight on one of them, and watched a current appear on the galvanometer — the first recorded photovoltaic effect, nearly a century before anyone could explain why it worked](https://solardaily.com/so-in-1839-a-19-year-old-edmond-becquerel-dipped-two-platinum-electrodes-into-an-acidic-solution-in-his-fathers-paris-laboratory-shone-sunlight-on-one-of-them-and-watched-a-current-appear-on-the-galva/) _2026-08-17 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ In 1839, teenage Edmond Becquerel dipped two platinum electrodes into an acidic solution in his father's Paris lab and watched sunlight generate an electric current — the first observation of the photovoltaic effect, and the mechanism behind every solar panel on Earth today. The post In 1839, a 19-year-old Edmond Becquerel dipped two platinum electrodes into an acidic solution in his father’s… ## [New Crimestoppers Spot light](https://wlds.com/new-crimestoppers-spot-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-crimestoppers-spot-light) _2026-08-16 · Gary Scott · WLDS_ Two people are being sought with the help of Crimestoppers in Morgan, Cass, and Scott counties. 32-year-old Joshua Hudson is wanted for endangering the health of a child, failure to register as a sex offender, DUI and two counts of retail theft. He was last known to live in Bloomington. Hudson is \[…\] ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XXcpYBWUKF2X) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Bluewater residents help derail major energy project on farmland](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/local-news/bluewater-residents-help-derail-major-energy-project-on-farmland/wcm/93873006-11fd-4c3e-a129-481b7c599010) _2026-08-16 · Jane Sims · Ontario Farmer_ More than 1,500 people signed a petition opposing the 500-MW compressed-air project on prime agricultural land. ## [The people who host every holiday, remember every anniversary, and keep the family group chat alive aren’t naturally organised, they often watched what happened in their childhood when nobody bothered, and quietly decided it wouldn’t happen again on their watch](https://solardaily.com/so-p-the-people-who-host-every-holiday-remember-every-anniversary-and-keep-the-family-group-chat-alive-arent-naturally-organised-they-often-watched-what-happened-in-their-childhood-when-nobody-bothere/) _2026-08-14 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ The family member who hosts every holiday and keeps the group chat alive rarely became that person by accident. Psychology research on childhood emotional neglect and intergenerational family dynamics suggests they're often keeping a quiet promise made in childhood — that the silence they grew up in wouldn't repeat on their watch. The post The people who host every holiday, remember every… ## [Why Did I Think This Was a Sequel???](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/why-did-i-think-this-was-sequel.html) _2026-08-13 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ TITLE: Ghost in the Night AUTHOR: Tiffany D. Jackson PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press PUBLISHING DATE: August 04, 2026 PAGES: 284 SOURCE: Library FROM GOODREADS: Savannah, Georgia, is a city on edge when twelve-year-old Harmony arrives with her blues musician father for a summer gig. The recent disappearance of a local boy remains unsolved, and the trail has gone cold, leaving the simmering community… ## [New owners, big plans for small-town butchery booming in size](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/business/local-business/new-owners-big-plans-for-small-town-butchery-booming-in-size-exciting/wcm/7eb0e5c0-4cdb-40f6-a06c-cb375d8c0d62) _2026-08-13 · Allison Young · Ontario Farmer_ Evelyn's Sausage Kitchen in Shedden is growing, with new owners planning to open a production facility four times the size it has now. ## [How did a desert country with almost no rain grow tomatoes and peppers for European supermarkets while cutting freshwater use per crop by more than half over four decades?](https://solardaily.com/so-q-how-did-a-desert-country-with-almost-no-rain-grow-tomatoes-and-peppers-for-european-supermarkets-while-cutting-freshwater-use-per-crop-by-more-than-half-over-four-decades/) _2026-08-13 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ A water-scarce region transformed itself into Europe's vegetable factory by obsessing over plumbing, not innovation headlines. The post How did a desert country with almost no rain grow tomatoes and peppers for European supermarkets while cutting freshwater use per crop by more than half over four decades? appeared first on Solar Daily . ## [Bruce Power sends supplies for Niagara Region flood recovery](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/local-news/bruce-power-sends-supplies-for-niagara-region-flood-recovery/wcm/92893773-4d12-4a15-83db-2c4703774175) _2026-08-12 · Scott Dunn · Ontario Farmer_ Bruce Power is providing communities in the Niagara Region with $100,000 worth of supplies needed to recover from unprecedented rainfall a couple of weeks ago. It’s sending supplies including small generators, heavy-duty garbage bags, cleaning supplies, mops, brooms, disinfectants, mold-removal products, paper products, laundry detergent, baby diapers, personal hygiene items, fans, and… ## [Rainfall emergency in Niagara Region](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/farm-news/rainfall-emergency-in-niagara-region) _2026-08-12 · Postmedia News · Ontario Farmer_ Successive storms have flooded large areas of the Niagara Region leading to emergency declarations and significant farm losses. ## [Not Safe to Be a Horse](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/not-safe-to-be-horse.html) _2026-08-11 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ TITLE: Stay Buried AUTHOR: Jennifer McMahon PUBLISHER: Gallery Books PUBLISHING DATE: August 11, 2026 PAGES: 400 SOURCE: ARC FROM GOODREADS: Some towns stay isolated for a reason. 1919: Frankie O’Massey has always been the black sheep of isolated Boone’s Ferry, Vermont. Her uncle, Dr. Thomas Endicott, has been training her in the science of medicine, something the townspeople are wary of. When a… ## [Why does a Roman harbour wall submerged in salt water for 2,000 years keep growing stronger while modern concrete piers built in the same sea crumble within decades?](https://solardaily.com/so-q-why-does-a-roman-harbour-wall-submerged-in-salt-water-for-2-000-years-keep-growing-stronger-while-modern-concrete-piers-built-in-the-same-sea-crumble-within-decades/) _2026-08-10 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ Roman harbour walls poured before the birth of Christ are still gaining strength in salt water while modern piers spall and rust within decades. The reason is a hot-mixed recipe of quicklime and volcanic ash that lets seawater trigger its own repair. The post Why does a Roman harbour wall submerged in salt water for 2,000 years keep growing stronger while modern concrete piers built in the same… ## [A perovskite solar cell can be printed from a liquid ink and processed below 150 degrees Celsius, cool enough for some plastic substrates, and the resulting film is about 100 times thinner than a human hair yet converts sunlight to electricity at efficiencies now rivalling rigid silicon cells made from crystals grown near 1,414 degrees](https://solardaily.com/so-a-perovskite-solar-cell-can-be-printed-from-a-liquid-ink-and-processed-below-150-degrees-celsius-cool-enough-for-some-plastic-substrates-and-the-resulting-film-is-about-100-times-thinner-than-a-h/) _2026-08-10 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ Perovskite solar cells self-assemble from a liquid ink at oven temperatures, coat films thinner than a wavelength of light, and — stacked on silicon — have now reached certified efficiencies above 35%, well past what any single silicon cell can achieve. The post A perovskite solar cell can be printed from a liquid ink and processed below 150 degrees Celsius, cool enough for some plastic… ## [Farms of Norfolk soccer tournament celebrates international agricultural workers](https://www.ontariofarmer.com/news/local-news/farms-of-norfolk-soccer-tournament-celebrates-international-agricultural-workers/wcm/b30a35c9-6ee9-4d1a-8f36-c275614cdca6) _2026-08-10 · Michelle Ruby · Ontario Farmer_ Orlando Kelly came to the West Street soccer park in Simcoe on Sunday ready to play some serious football. A native of St. Catharine, Jamaica, he spends about seven months a year heading up the carrot operation at Pfennings Organic Farms in New Hamburg. It’s the first year the farm brought a team of international workers to the Farms of Norfolk Football Association \[…\] ## [I Think I Need a Cowboy Romance Slasher for Summer of Horror!](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-think-i-need-cowboy-romance-slasher.html) _2026-08-07 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ TITLE: Halfway Home (Clear River Ranch #1) AUTHOR: Janalyn Knight PUBLISHER: Independently Published PUBLISHING DATE: July 14, 2026 PAGES: 174 SOURCE: KU FROM GOODREADS: Addie Kingsley never outgrew the habit of loving Talon McGraw. He was her big brother Silas’s best friend. Her shadowed childhood hero. The city boy her father took in and taught to rope, ride, and tend cattle. The boy who let her… ## [Why did the largest tree-planting programme ever attempted start swapping trees for grass on its driest slopes, after 10 million hectares of one fast-growing species drained the soil dry several metres down?](https://solardaily.com/so-q-why-did-the-largest-tree-planting-programme-ever-attempted-start-swapping-trees-for-grass-on-its-driest-slopes-after-10-million-hectares-of-one-fast-growing-species-drained-the-soil-dry-several/) _2026-08-07 · Solar Daily Editorial Team · Solar Daily_ {"content":" The Loess Plateau covers about 640,000 square kilometres of north-central China — an area roughly the size of France — and for most of the twentieth century it was the single most erode The post Why did the largest tree-planting programme ever attempted start swapping trees for grass on its driest slopes, after 10 million hectares of one fast-growing species drained the soil dry… ## [2 Bloggers 1 Book - Night of the Crabs](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/07/2-bloggers-1-book-night-of-crabs.html) _2026-07-30 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ Stormi was hosting a Red, White and Retro Readathon on her YouTube channel this month so we decided to do an older horror buddy read which would work for her and also fulfill my participation in Summer of Horror. Our choice this month is basically a creature-feature novel, and I have to admit I had a lot of fun with it, and it was a pretty quick read. So read on for my thoughts and then hop over… ## [Wow! They Got It Right!](https://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2026/07/wow-they-got-it-right.html) _2026-07-28 · Barb · Booker T's Farm - Books and Nails and Puppy Dog Tales_ TITLE: Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die AUTHOR: Mallory Arnold PUBLISHER: Poisoned Pen Press PUBLISHING DATE: July 14, 2026 PAGES: 352 SOURCE: ARC FROM GOODREADS: One isolated cabin. One cheating boyfriend. One plan to get even. When Nora, Ruby, and Cham discover that they've each been dating the same man, what starts as outrage quickly spirals into a plot for revenge. 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