After reading a recent article in the WV State Journal discussing our dependence on the car as transportation even for short around town distances; I began wondering what other ideas were out there?
Global Intelligence agriculture fun fact:
Q: Eleven thousand different kinds of plants thrive on the 1,500-plus acres of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, one of the world's finest horticultural displays. The gardens lie on what was once an estate of which prominent industrialist?
a) Pierre du Pont b) James Buchanan c) John D. Rockefeller d) Cornelius Vanderbilt

by: Helen Walters for BusinessWeek, Innovation and Trends