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More money for Minnesota entrepreneurs

Thirteen Minnesota non-profit organizations have been awarded a total of $4.5 million to lend to entrepreneurs employing fewer than 50 people. The money targets women, minorities and those working in economically distressed areas.
by Dave Peters

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Can ag feed the world without destroying it? Looking for the Minnesota answer

Can ag feed the world without destroying it? Looking for the Minnesota answer

The director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, Jon Foley, poses in a TED talk the question of how agriculture can feed the world without destroying it. What’s your answer on the ground in Minnesota?
by Dave Peters

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Making Ardelle Neufeld smile

Making Ardelle Neufeld smile

I went looking for my grandparents in the 1940 census tables. But the real reward was the smile of Ardelle Neufeld, an 80-year-old woman I had never met.
by Dave Peters

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Rural and wireless. Problem solved?

Wireless keeps getting better as an answer to rural areas’ high-speed Internet needs. But some people worry that even as it solves some problems it could relegate areas to second -class service.
by Dave Peters

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