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1. Education
   
   1. East Yakima Early Learning Yakima, ESD 105 and Gates
      
   2. The DREAM Act
      
   3. Washington Learns
      
   4. YVTech building/Vocational Education overall
      
   5. The role of YVCC/Community Colleges overall (new buildings/collaborations)
      
   6. Obama/Gregoire stimulus plans
      
2. The future of Agriculture in Yakima
   
   1. Food Safety concerns (Organics? Disease?)
      
   2. The Fresh Market v. Concentrate
      
   3. Aspargus and South American trade agreements
      
   4. The Apple Juice Capital of the World? Selah?
      
   5. Trademarks/patents and inventions—ROBOTS!
      
   6. The Unflat world
      
      1. Fuel costs
         
      2. Vertical farms
         
      3. Food safety going the other way.
         
      4. Local-vores.
         
   1. Immigration:
      
      1. McCain-Kennedy Immigration bill
         
      2. Changes to H2A and H1B
         
         1. Zirkle
            
         2. Global Horizon
            
         3. Microsoft
            
         4. Effects of immigration crack down already in place.
            
      3. Unflat world
         
         1. Nativist movements such as Grassroots Yakima and The Minutemen.
            
         2. Current wall being built/crackdown by ICE
            
         3. Nickel and Dimed labor pool.
            
   2. Propose a new business model based on what you have read.
      What will be the new niche in Yakima? How can Yakima use the Flat World to our advantage?
      
      1. Tourism
         
      2. Distribution centers
         
      3. Wine
         
      4. Black Rock
         
      5. Jail beds