So I was watching the news the other day and a story on a growing trend in corn farming was on. Harking back to a series of articles I wrote a couple of years ago on the creation of alternate methods of Ethanol production, the story followed the rising use of Minnesota corn for the dinner table being boughten instead by manufacturers for use in Ethanol production. As one farmer put it, this was a good step for his industry, as the price of feed and dinner table corn was flat, and the use of corn as an alternate and popular fuel source opened up the market for both small and large farmers alike.

While I have several pages of writing on Ethanol in the archives, the story got me thinking about current trends in our economy and how they might grow in the future. Tech was big in the 90’s. The early 00’s were big into disposable culture. But I think that the latter half of this decade and the early part of the next are going to be green.

So stay tuned, as for the next few posts we’ll look into past and the future to see what might become of our brighter tomorrow.