Nebraska rancher and lifelong Republican Randy Thompson understands what South Dakota Republicans (and Senator Tim Johnson) refuse to admit: the Keystone XL pipeline is all risk and no reward: The risks to our country’s freshwater, and the risks to our…
Posts tagged as “Dakota Rural Action”
I've been working with a Dakota Rural Action committee to promote small-scale renewable energy. We've held a couple public education events and spread the word about DRA members putting up their own renewable energy systems. But now we've got legislation…
Dakota Rural Action is offering its third Farm Beginnings course starting November 5 in Sioux Falls. The program aims to help folks get into farming or transition their current farm operations to sustainable farming practices. Farm Beginnings participants go to…
A number of folks have asked just what the heck I was doing in Washington, D.C. last week. Besides taking fun pictures for my little one, I was actually politicking. Dakota Rural Action sent me out to attend the White…
Here's more federal money for John Thune and Kristi Noem to send back to Washington: my friends at Dakota Rural Action just won a $132,200 two-year grant to give new farmers a leg up: The Farm Beginnings program provides participants…