Category: FiredUp!
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FiredUp: Livestock losses come to one of the last independent links in our food supply
Sometimes this summer, our cow herd was grazing close enough that I could not only see them out our bedroom window, I could hear them eating. The sound of them ripping the grass from the ground, bite by bite, was pretty noisy from 30 feet away. My husband and I (mostly my husband, but I…
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Resources for rural communities, September 13, 2013
The following is from Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D. Read on for valuable resources for rural communities, including several grant opportunities.
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Resources for rural communities, August 20, 2013
The following is from Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D. Read on for valuable resources for rural communities, including several grant opportunities.
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Resources for rural communities, August 18, 2013
The following is from Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D. Read on for valuable resources for rural communities, including several grant opportunities.
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Resources for rural communties, July 13, 2013
The following is from Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D. Read on for valuable resources for rural communities, including several grant opportunities.
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FiredUp: From a nation of small farms to a nation of cubicle dwellers
In the loss of a connection to the land, we as a nation have lost something precious.
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FiredUp: Why rural is not just relevant but vital to our future
What’s the best balance of urban and rural for the healthiest society? What is our argument for keeping our rural places strong and vital?
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FiredUp: Houses serve as marketing for your community. What message does your housing send?
If the homes in your town are sending the wrong message, it may be time to think creatively about how to make housing an asset instead of an eyesore.
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FiredUp: Are the Dakotas a dead end?
Should we encourage ambitious young people to stay in the Dakotas, or to leave? Will one or the other of these options be better for those young people, or for society as a whole?
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FiredUp: Why do we have so much more regulation today? Because we don’t trust each other.
They actions that government is taking to increase regulations may be more a symptom than a cause of the problem.