Category: FiredUp!
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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.
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FiredUp: My rejected question for Michael Pollan
My submitted question for an interview with Michael Pollan didn’t make the cut.
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Resources for rural communities, May 2, 2013
Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D., sends out a jam-packed e-mail regularly with resources galore for rural communities. I’ve been lax in getting this posted, so here’s the latest from two e-mails. Lots of intriging grant opportunities! Read and share with your friends and colleagues. —Heidi M-L …
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FiredUp: We can’t live in the past
The first thing we have to do in order to look to the future of our community is to let go of the past.
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Video of Dakotafire presentation at Rural Policy Leadership Institute
Check out the video of Editor Heidi Marttila-Losure’s presentation at the Rural Policy Leadership Institute, held April 8-10 in Dallas, Texas.
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FiredUp: The lesson I learned from Boston
In the wake of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Bostonians are offering their help in many ways, driven by the human desire to be part of something greater than themselves. We can learn something from their response.
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Resources for rural communities, March 29, 2013
Christine Sorensen, rural development coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development in Pierre, S.D., sends out a jam-packed e-mail regularly with resources galore for rural communities. Here’s the latest! Read and share with your friends a colleagues. —Heidi M-L NEWS March 27, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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FiredUp: Telecommuting may not be good for Yahoo, but it’s great for rural Dakotas
Telecommuting can be a valuable tool for revitalizing our rural communities.