Learning to See Tony Thompson has lived on his family’s Willow Lake Farm near Windom, Minnesota all of his life. Although he holds a bachelor’s degree in agronomy and has nearly completed his Master’s degree in Plant Community Ecology from the University of Montana, at Bozeman, he never really left home for school. “I went […]
Mississippi Topsoils
High Tech Composting Last fall, Mathias Miller and Brad Matuska, founders of Mississippi Topsoils, opened a $500,000 high-tech compost facility next to the Gold’n Plump Poultry plant in Cold Spring. They meet the plant’s disposal need with an environmentally sound waste service while manufacturing premium horticultural products. Gold’n Plump Poultry is one of the largest […]
Conservation Technologies
A Breath of Fresh Air Mike LeBeau was a private contractor in Duluth and Lake Superior’s North Shore area, specializing in energy efficient building, who was running into a big problem: he could not find the products he needed for his projects in the North Shore area. Mike figured that if he was having trouble […]
Clay County MATCH
Article in the Farmers’ Forum Friday, March 1, 2002 by Dave Olson Treasured Trash If one person’s trash is another’s treasure, then the Clay County landfill is Fort Knox. And if you’re looking for reusable resources, James Fick holds the key. Fick, Clay County’s resource recovery technician, can’t stand to see useful things go to […]