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Tag Archives: secret life of rural communities

Our Community Loves to Support Our Junior Livestock Show – Secret Life of Rural Communities

Biomass Rules Posted on August 14, 2025 by Mark JennerAugust 14, 2025

Every August our Bond County rural community loves to love up the young livestock show youth.  During the County Fair the show animals are auctioned off in an interesting combination of bragging rights (for who purchased – bid the highest … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, education, policy, Secret Life of Rural Communities, wealth creation | Tagged 4-H, barrows, community loves to support our junior livestock show, community service, county fair, FFA, four times more than market price, goats, leaders, local businesses, poultry, rabbits, resilience and perseverance, rewarding specific youth, secret life of rural communities, sheep, show animals, steers, youth | Leave a reply

Celebrating New Beginnings outside the Fold – Secret Life of Rural Communities

Biomass Rules Posted on May 12, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 12, 2025

For the first time in the last nine years, I participated in Greenville University’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony as a civilian, rather than faculty. Saturday, May 10th, was a glorious day, and so fun to see former colleagues and students and … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, education, policy, Secret Life of Rural Communities, wealth creation | Tagged back row seats, celebrating new beginnings outside the fold, civilian community member, Commencement 2025, faculty, Greenville, Greenville University, Illinois, May 10, passive crowd control, Rob Clark, secret life of rural communities, staff, students, The Lunch Company, thriving community, Tracy Hall | Leave a reply

Local Resource Endowment Comparative Advantages – Secret Life of Rural Communities

Biomass Rules Posted on February 6, 2025 by Mark JennerFebruary 6, 2025

When the benefits of an activity are difficult to put a dollar value on, or monetize, the traditional cost curves don’t tell the whole story.  Total costs are the sum of all the variable costs and fixed costs.  Undervalued community … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, firm, macro, science, Secret Life of Rural Communities, wealth creation | Tagged community assets, comparative advantage, cultural capital, empowering theory, if a tree falls, implicit benefits, implicit costs, junior livestock sale, local resource endowment, local resource endowment comparative advantages in the secret life of rural communities, lower fixed costs, lower total costs, lower variable costs, political capital, secret life of rural communities, social capital, thrift shop, volunteer army | Leave a reply

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Providing solutions through the strategic utilization of all kinds of biomass; the development of new markets for food, fiber, and fuels; and streamlining regulations.

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ˈbī-ō-ˌmas. noun. 1 : the unit area or volume of living matter, 2 : plant materials and animal waste used as renewable feedstocks into new processes.

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