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.
Ownership of land affects rural communities and conservation
Does it matter who owns farmland? It might, according to several recent surveys and studies, which suggest that land owned by the person who farms it can be better for local communities, and may be more likely to have in place conservation measures, than land that is rented.
Vilsack tells rural advocates to make their case for rural America
After raising the issue of the relevancy of rural places to the national political conversation last December, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took a step beyond that Tuesday as he addressed the National Rural Assembly: Why aren’t rural advocates outraged when rural places are dismissed as irrelevant?
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?
Planners have selected preferred route for BSSE transmission line
The trio of electric companies working on siting a new transmission line from Ellendale, N.D., to Big Stone City, S.D., called the Big Stone South to Ellendale project (BSSE), published their preferred route on the BSSE website in a post dated June 4.
The closer land is to a grassland system, the happier producers are to see rain
Is the abundance of rain the Dakotas have seen in the past few weeks a blessing or too much of a good thing? The answer to that question probably depends on where live—but how you farm also matters, area scientists say.
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?
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.
FiredUp: My rejected question for Michael Pollan
My submitted question for an interview with Michael Pollan didn’t make the cut.