Memphis Is “Under Full-Blown Occupation” by ICE. Here’s Why You May Not Know That.
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. It certainly hasn’t gotten as much attention as past surges in Chicago or Minneapolis—even though it’s been going on since September. Hunter Demster, who runs a soup kitchen in the
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UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
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The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.
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