Preserving and Educating Love of the land, wildlife and a vision of what was there before his grandparents homesteaded his 160-acre family farm motivated David Jacobson of Sauk Centre, Minnesota to return the land to its natural state of wetlands, woodlands, and prairie. When asked why he would take active farmland out of production, Jacobson […]
Country Heritage Adventures
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 […]
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 […]
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