Crowley County Combined Library

The single greatest obstacle to advanced energy deployment in the United States may be access to quality financing. In the 2013 legislative session, it would appear that states have recognized that financing is a critical element in growing a new energy economy.

Reveals the tactics used by businesses to create consumer needs and desires for products that waste resources and finances in addition to undermining human values and independence.

A history of the Industrial Revolution focusing primarily on the United States during the nineteenth century and on the change from an agrarian society to one based on machines and factories.

When the FBI needs evidence on an agri-business giant accused of price-fixing, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a secret agent.

Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end, Hauter illustrates how solving this crisis will require...