Working with the Land Rather than spend about $15,000 on a standard septic system, Cindy Hale spent the same amount on an elegant advanced sewage system that produces flowers and vegetables year-round. Red clay underlies her farmstead 20 miles north of Duluth on the North Shore. A traditional septic system with drain field does not […]
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 […]
Empowering an Energy Revolution
A powerful new vision for a more sustainable world based upon energy effıciency, conservation, renewable energy and sustainable living is energizing the Midwest. The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) combines this vision of its forward-thinking founders with the swelling ranks of mostly rural landowners to create the world’s largest and longest-running Renewable Energy and Sustainable […]
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 […]
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