A Guide to Adventure

Today's Meaningful Fact is all about food !! More specifically fruits and veggies! When I was a young child I remember my favorite snack was broccoli, carrots, and cucumbers with ranch, and toast :] To this day I still love all of those things and many other vegetables and fruits. Not only do they taste delicious, leave me hydrated and energized, but they such a better alternative to packaged, sweet or salty snacks that contain ingredients I cannot even pronounce (and I'm a total grammar Nazi so that really irks me) . Why would I want to eat something that contains "enriched bleached flour" or "red 40" both of which are terrible for us. I'm not perfect however, I still sneak some unhealthy treats every now and then, but I have found the longer I go without them, the less I crave them. Go grab a plate of fresh watermelon and strawberries and enjoy these facts about fresh produce that will encourage you to incorporate more of them into your da...

The highly secretive arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture known as Wildlife Services killed more than 3.2 million animals during fiscal year 2015, according to new data released by the agency. The total number of wolves, coyotes, bears, mountain lions, beavers, foxes, eagles and other animals killed largely at the behest of the livestock industry and other agribusinesses represents a half-million-animal increase over the 2.7 million animals the agency killed in 2014. Despite increasing calls for reform a century after the federal wildlife-killing program began in 1915, the latest kill report indicates that the program’s reckless slaughter continues, including 385 gray wolves, 68,905 coyotes (plus an unknown number of pups in 492 destroyed dens), 480 black bears, 284 mountain lions, 731 bobcats, 492 river otters (all but 83 killed “unintentionally”), 3,437 foxes, two bald eagles and 21,559 beavers. The program also killed 20,777 prairie dogs outright, plus an unknown nu...

The Drought of Summer 2016  South Carolina, especially the northwestern part of the state is experiencing early stages of a drought. Only a half an inch of rain fell in Anderson and Pickens county in June. So far July has seen less than that. South Carolina saw record rainfall and flooding last fall and winter. Just nine months after the flooding throughout the state, the Drought Response Committee is meeting to discuss the current effects of a moderate to severe drought in the Upstate.  The drought South Carolina is experiencing this summer could have economic, environmental, and socially negative effects. When farmers lose crops, or have to spend extra on irrigation and animal supplies, they lose A LOT of money for that year. Farmers take pay cuts, some even get laid off. Businesses who supply farmers with equipment lose money because the farmers cannot afford to buy products from them.  Local farmers of corn, soybeans, and peanuts will be in danger of ...