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How The Next Generation Of West Virginians Are Building A Way Out Of The State’s Coal Economy
Fast Company | Posted onJune 29, 2017 in Rural NewsCalled the Coalfield Development Corporation, Dennison’s organization trains and employs young people and former mine workers across five social enterprises, which focus on construction (especially affordable housing), minefield remediation, arts and culture projects, sustainable agriculture, and solar energy initiatives.
Montana Governor Visits Rural Critical Access Hospital to Announce Facility Upgrades
Montana.gov | Posted onJune 29, 2017 in Rural NewsGovernor Steve Bullock Friday visited the Missouri River Medical Center in Fort Benton and announced that the Critical Access Hospital will receive $800,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for mechanical system upgrades to its aging facility.As a Critical Access Hospital, the Missouri River Medical Center must have emergency staff on hand at any given time.
Drones Could Plant 1 Billion Trees a Year
Seeker | Posted onJune 29, 2017 in Agriculture NewsA UK-based startup called BioCarbon Engineering thinks they have an answer. CEO Lauren Fletcher and his team have a plan for using fixed-wing and multiple-rotor drones to plant 1 billion trees per year.
BPI claims settlement with ABC 'vindicates' Dunes firm's beef product
Argus Leader | Posted onJune 29, 2017 in Food NewsBPI sued ABC, correspondent Jim Avila, who reported many of the stories, and several others who were later dismissed from the suit in September 2012, claiming that ABC knowingly used false information about LFTB during a series of reports in March and April 2012. Those reports regularly referred to the product as "pink slime," an unflattering moniker BPI said led consumers to believe the product was unsafe and low in nutritional value.
Infarm wants to put a farm in every grocery store
Tech Crunch | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Food NewsImagine a future where you go into a grocery store to buy some fresh basil, and, as you traverse the aisle, instead of polythene bags containing mass-produced snippets of the herb that have been flown in from thousands of miles away, in front of you are a stack of illuminated containers, each housing a mini basil farm. The plants themselves are being monitored by multiple sensors and fed by an internet-controlled irrigation and nutrition system.
New best friends: GOP governors and renewables
EEnews | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Energy, SARL Members and Alumni NewsNevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is fresh off a legislative session in which he signed nine bills aimed at supporting the clean energy sector. In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott recently signed a tax exemption that solar installers say is essential to jump-starting the residential and commercial market in the Sunshine State. And in Iowa, where wind now accounts for 36 percent of the state's electricity generation, newly installed Gov.
Michigan native Matt Mika discharged from hospital after GOP baseball shooting
WXYZ | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsMichigan native Matt Mika has been discharged from George Washington University Hospital just over a week after he was shot at the GOP baseball team practice. Mika, who is the director of government relations for Tyson foods, underwent multiple surgeries after he was shot multiple times.A relative told 7 Action News that Mika suffered broken ribs, a sternum injury and some type of injury to his lungs.
Is it a farm, a home, or both? Zoning debate in Chesapeake worries small farmers
The Virginian Pilot | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Agriculture NewsAccording to city officials, when agriculturally zoned land is developed for residential purposes – like Barnes’ farm – residential standards apply, which includes limiting the numbers of livestock someone can have.
MN: Young farmers score victory at Legislature
Detroit Lakes Online | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsA first-of-its-kind newly signed budget bill is a win-win for the future of farming in Minnesota. And it's thanks in part to Andrew Barsness, a 27-year-old grain farmer from Hoffman. Through the bill, landowners receive a state income tax credit when they sell land or rent land or agricultural assets to a beginning farmer, which is someone who has been farming for fewer than 10 years, said Barsness. According to the Young Farmer's Coalition, which was formed in 2016, the credit equals 5 percent of the sale price, 10 percent of the cash rent or 15 percent for a cash share agreement.
Rural Communities Must Empower Youth
Daily Yonder | Posted onJune 28, 2017 in Rural NewsThe future of rural America depends on attracting younger generations to make a life in smaller communities. That means listening to young people, responding to their interests, and sharing power. Community leaders need strategies to keep its youth. First and foremost, is to understand their value as leaders. As Seemiller states, the youth wish to be engaged and make a difference in their communities.Leaders can set up opportunities for the youth to become active in the community and not just as token youth appointees. Mentoring and leadership programs are a good start.