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White Earth Land Recovery Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Culturally Whole White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP), distributes traditional foods like maple syrup, hominy corn and wild rice through its retail arm, Native Harvest, working together to make a fractured culture whole. In an old farmhouse near Round Lake, 12 miles from the village of Ponsford on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Development of Website, Educational Opportunities, Energy and Green Building, Language and Cultural Heritage, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Program - community, Renewable Energy, Reservation, Schooling, Solar, Value added, Wind

Round River Farm – Living Lightly

June 29, 2012 By admin

Sustainable Living in the North Woods David and Lise Abazs, and their sons Colby and Tremayne, run Round River Farm and Shalom Seed Sanctuary, which are nestled in the Sawtooth Mountains on the North Shore of Lake Superior. David and Lise Abazs grew up wanting to farm. They met in college, and during their last […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farm stand, Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Fruits, Greenhouse Production, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Practices, Rainwater collection and Recycling, Renewable Energy, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Solar, Starting a business, Vegetables, Wind

Moorhead Public Service

June 29, 2012 By admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, Minnesota, Program - community, Program - government, Renewable Energy, Responsible Purchasing, Wind

Kas Brothers

June 29, 2012 By admin

Winds of Change From one perspective, Richard and Roger Kas of Woodstock, Minnesota are typical Midwestern farmers who grew up farming the family land with their father, William. But this family has something unmistakably unique taking place on their farm: they are farming the wind. With over 17 modern wind turbines on their land, they […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development – Harvesting Nature specifi, Business Development and Marketing, Community Development and Design, Diversified, Energy and Green Building, Energy Resources - Wind Power, Financing, Harvesting Nature, Legislative Renewable Energy Mandate, Minnesota, Program - government, Public Policy, Renewable Energy, Starting a business, Wind

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