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Is Combining Housing and Agriculture a Good Idea?

“Agriculture is the New Golf” The sentiment is practically out of Thoreau: Why not line streets with almond and avocado trees, or replace shrubbery with cabbage and currants? Golf courses could plant their roughs with kale and corn. Lawns”where they must exist”could be edged with chives and herbs. –Stephanie Simon, “An Apple Tree Grows in...
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Sign(s) of Spring in MN

CSA Sign-up Time Except for the lengthening days, there are scant signs of Spring outside:  the thermometer is still in the single digits (or lower), and yesterday’s sunny Ground Hog’s day is supposed to herald six more weeks of Winter (if only!).   But, that doesn’t mean people’s attention isn’t looking ahead to Spring or even...
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