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Bolt Enterprises

June 29, 2012 By admin

Young Entrepreneurs Business Opportunities through Learning and Technology (BOLT) Enterprises, a student-run business, provides a unique educational opportunity for young entrepreneurs attending Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School in Westbrook, Minnesota. BOLT Enterprises gives students the experience of running a real business, provides jobs, and manufactures a dynamite barbecue sauce, all on the high school campus. Students […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Children, Families and Learning, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Direct to customer/user, Food related, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Packaging, Processing, Program - non-profit, Responsible Purchasing, Support Students, Value added, Youth, Youth, Youth Businesses, Youth Leadership, Youth Workers

Bio Builder of Minnesota

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Lakes Bio Builder of Alexandria designed a unique fertilizer to keep Minnesota lakes clean, while helping lakeshore owners grow healthy, green lawns. The fertilizer, Thrivin’ Natural™ and Organic Turfgrass, is made from corn distiller’s dried grain and rough fish. The environmentally friendly formula is phosphorous-free eliminating toxic run-off and protecting and maintaining lake water […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Marketing to Government Agencies, Methods, Minnesota, Native Prairie Grasses, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Product Innovations, Soil Quality, Value added, Water Quality, Wetland Restoration, Youth, Youth Businesses

Big Stone Lake: A Vision for the Future

June 29, 2012 By admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Canoeing & Boating, Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Cultural Preservation, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Environmental Education Programs, Environmental Learning, Family Entertainment and Activities, Internet and High-tech, Lifelong Learning, Mainstreet, Minnesota, Multi-Generational Recreation Center, Program - community, Program - university, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Regionalized Cooperation, Rural Business Development, Tourism and Recreation, Youth

Betsy Bowen

June 29, 2012 By admin

Carving Out a Fulfilling Life Two miles West of the vibrant community of Grand Marais, out towards the Cascade River, artist Betsy Bowen sits on the back step of her old farm house, carving a wood block into a work of art – a loon, flying across a blue sky dappled with clouds. A dreamy […]

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