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Community Responds to Calls for Communication and Collaboration

June 29, 2012 By admin

Community Responds to Calls for Communication and Collaboration The picturesque small town of Orofino, Idaho, recognizes that a balance must be maintained between community development with its focus on quality of life issues for residents, and economic development with a focus on standard of living and opportunities for businesses. “We have more people stepping forward […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Idaho, Innovative Teaching, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Youth, Youth Businesses, Youth Leadership

Bert Raney Elementary 3rd Grade

June 29, 2012 By admin

Hands-on Learning Third graders in Pam Betheldson’s class do not learn about science and nature simply from books. They go on frog hunts at nature centers to learn about their ecosystem hands-on. The frog hunt is one of the many activities used to teach the Yellow Medicine East students all about the frogs of Minnesota. […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Biodiversity, Children, Families and Learning, Collaboration, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cultural Preservation, Enviromental Learning, Environmental Consciousness, Environmental Education Programs, Innovative Teaching, Minnesota, Program - university, Public Schools, Schooling, Storytelling, Wildlife Management, Youth, Youth

Taking Action Toward Change

June 29, 2012 By admin

Taking Action Toward Change Residents of Kamiah know firsthand the importance of having a plan, a strategic roadmap providing direction for the future of this rural north central Idaho community. Yet they also know that just like having a roadmap and a car with no gas, a community having a plan without leadership goes nowhere. […]

Filed Under: Aquatic Center, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Family Entertainment and Activities, Heritage Tourism, Hiking & Cross-Country Skiing, Idaho, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Public Planning, Tourism and Recreation, Youth

Axdahl’s Garden Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Roadside Tradition Brian and Leslie Axdahl are famous for their sweet corn. Starting every year in mid to late July, folks from miles around make a sort of pilgrimage to Axdahl’s roadside vegetable stand on the outskirts of Stillwater, Minnesota for some of the sweetest, most tender “bi-color” corn they’ve ever tasted. Still warm […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Supermarkets, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fence Row Buffer Strips, Field Crops, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Vegetables, Wildlife, Youth, Youth Workers

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