Organic All the Way Whole Farm Co-op producers Betty and Dale Noordmans manage Life Design Organics on their farm just west of Hancock, Minnesota. Along with their four children: Melissa, Amy, Jason and Jennifer, the Noordmans’ are in their 7th year of organic production on their 550 acre farm. Both Dale and Betty grew up […]
Hang Family
A Family Affair Pakou Hang was in elementary school when her family started selling vegetables at the St. Paul Farmers’ Market. You can still find her at the Market, but she now has a degree from Yale University. Although Pakou and her six siblings are young adults, each pursuing his or her own career path, […]
Environmental Dust Control
Naturally Occurring In 1996, Howard Hamilton, Arland Moger, and Bob Nelson, all grain farmers from Currie, Minnesota, formed Environmental Dust Control, Inc. (EDC) which uses a soy-based product to suppress wild dust and gravel. EDC began in response to the Minnesota Legislative session of 1988, which banned the use of waste petroleum oil as a […]
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 […]
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