Community Owned Doris Henderson, and dozens of other enthusiastic members of the southeastern Minnesota community of Houston, have created a community-owned grocery store and pharmacy. The 7,000 square foot grocery, called the Root River Market is dedicated to community development and the citizens of Houston. “Business is pretty good. People really like the quality of […]
Moorhead Public Service
Capturing the Wind Moorhead Public Service (MPS), a utility company located in Moorhead, Minnesota hoped to attract 425 subscribers for its Capture the Wind™ program. Launched during Earth Week in April 1999, it took just 12 days to reach their goal. The phenomenal success of the program led to the 750-kilowatt Vestas™ wind turbine on […]
Indian Springs Farmers Association
Ben Burkett awakes at5:30 in the morning to tend the land his family has farmed since the 1880s. In partnership with his daughter, he grows spinach, kale, mustards, peas, watermelon, squash, eggplant, sweet corn, okra and mixed organic culinary herbs on 150 acres, and pine timber on 80 of his 255-acre southern Mississippi farm. Ben […]
Kay’s Naturals
Powerhouse Snacks When a local pretzel manufacturer went bankrupt, Tom Condon, a Clara City farmer and entrepreneur who owned the plant’s building, worried about the town of 1500 losing critical manufacturing jobs. Tom was a client of local businessman, Massoud Kazemzadeh, and sought his help in saving the plant, knowing Massoud had product-development expertise and […]