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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

The Junior Livestock Sale – a Secret Life of Rural Communities

Biomass Rules Posted on August 6, 2024 by Mark JennerJanuary 4, 2025

The Bond County Fair happens the first weekend in August each year.  A summer highlight is the Junior Livestock Sale.   Once 4-H livestock projects have been completed, the show animals are auctioned off. This year’s sale was last night, 8/5/24. … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, Secret Life of Rural Communities, wealth creation | Tagged community philanthropy, county fair, financial capital, junior livestock sale, market price, rural communities, secret life, social capital, support, the junior livestock sale - a secret life of rural communities, value paid, wealth creation, youth | Leave a reply

Community Wealth Creation Reflects Both Micro and Macroeconomics

Biomass Rules Posted on July 11, 2024 by Mark JennerJuly 11, 2024

All of the ‘local market’ references in the Greenville, Illinois Independence Day post have evolved from guiding farmers and agribusinesses for decades on moving bulky, undervalued manure and biomass residues.  The farther they travel, the less reusable value they have.  … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, firm, macro, wealth creation | Tagged community, community wealth creation reflects both micro and macroeconomics, cultural capital, cultural values, financial capital, human capital, intellectual capital, local influence, macroeconomics, microeconomics, monetize, natural capital, physical capital, political capital, rural, social capital, volunteer hours, wealth creation | Leave a reply

The Power of Community Energy in Creating Rural Wealth

Biomass Rules Posted on July 8, 2024 by Mark JennerJuly 11, 2024

Homebase for Biomass Rules, LLC is Greenville, IL, population, 7,000.  I have lived in rural communities across the US, in Europe, and in Asia.  When I was young each place was just somewhere to live. Over the years, I began … Continue reading →

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

bio·mass:
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.

rules:
'rül. 1: noun. 1 : regulations, bylaws or governing procedure, 2: verb. a : to exert control, direction, or influence on, b : to declare authoritatively.

Manure…
is not a four-letter word.

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