Family Fun on the Farm Tourism combined with a farm/agricultural experience – or agri-tourism as it has become known – has been growing in popularity throughout the United States and, more specifically, in Minnesota with its rich and highly-textured rural heritage. Farm tours, bed and breakfasts, farmers markets, and other tourism enterprises can help to […]
Cedar Creek Natural History Area
Article from the Star Tribune – Published July 27, 2002 by Tom Meersman A Natural Choice Chris Clark, a University of Minnesota researcher working with a dozen undergraduates in the fields recently, was swatting deerflies as he clipped and removed long, narrow strips of foliage from small plots in a grasslands experiment. The students, some […]
Big Stone Lake: A Vision for the Future
The CUP is Half-Full in the Big Stone Lake Area No, CUP is not a typo. It is a philosophy and a vital partnership on the western border of Minnesota that started when people from nine communities across the area got together to discuss their future at a Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) meeting. It […]