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Ground Level®: Amplifying Community Voices

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Solve a problem together, win a contest

The Bush Foundation has launched a contest called the InCommons Collaboration Challenge to encourage community residents getting together to solve problems.
by Dave Peters

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Local food, global hunger

Smal food producers are the center, not only of the local foods movement in Minnesota, they may hold the key to solving world hunger, say researchers at a University of Minnesota forum.
by Dave Peters

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A good customer keeps pig farmers in business

A good customer keeps pig farmers in business

A small LeSueur area pig farm doesn’t fit the “local food” label, but it’s a heritage from that stays in business because of its emphasis on premium meat and its connection with a high-end national label.
by Nancy Lebens

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Medicine Cabinet Clean-out

Medicine Cabinet Clean-out

Todd County health officials got residents to turn in unused and unneeded drugs at the first Medicine Cabinet Clean Out.

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Shifting perspectives about the exurbs

Has Baldwin grown too big to be resilient? Will its future see less residents, less houses, less roads? Or is the growth that emerged from the boom here to stay even after the bust?

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