Land grant. The year: 1862. Congress granted thousands of acres of federally owned land to each state, with the promise that sales from the land would finance a college dedicated to knowledge with a public purpose. When Ezra Cornell and Andrew White were elected to New York's state senate in 1863, they worked (at first…Continue Reading Year of the Land Grant
The Giving Tree
Your spent Christmas tree can still bring joy. Deck it out with strings of cranberries and popcorn. Or smear chunks of stale bread with peanut butter and roll them in birdseed, then nest them in the branches. You’ll be investing in one of nature’s best pest patrols: birds that survive winter in fine fettle will,…Continue Reading The Giving Tree