What's more newsworthy than Republican U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth's attempt to portray Democratic campaign mastermind and possible Sioux Falls mayoral candidate Steven Hildebrand as a faithless filthy capitalist? Hildebrand's one-line assessment of the greatest flaw in Sioux Falls' economy...…
Posts tagged as “food”
I don't know much more about building beef-packing plants than the only-slightly-poorer Korean and Chinese investors who lost money on Northern Beef Packers. I only know what I read on the Internet... and what the occasional eager reader tells me.…
South Dakota may be the #1 state in the country for business, but not if your business is providing basic goods and services in small-town South Dakota. Sanborn County just lost its only grocery store. KELO reports that Darin's Market…
South Dakota's oh-so-conservative state and local government officials seem to think the only viable ag is Big Ag. We need California transplant Brita Craven and fellow Rapid City Hens urban chicken advocate Savannah Steen to remind us that small-scale ag…
John Morrell's workers in Sioux Falls will soon see their checks printed in Mandarin: Chinese meat processor Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. for approximately $4.72 billion in a deal that will take the world’s…
Dakota War College sniffs with disdain at an upcoming info session on urban chickens in Pierre. Branding Dakota Rural Action "liberal" (and we know that's a fightin' word in the conservative lobe of the South Dakota Blogopshere), DWC's Pat Powers…
Hey, Mayor Huether! I know you're excited about the prospect of doubling Sioux Falls's Walmart count. Not everyone in Sioux Falls is as thrilled. But let's look at this from a city planning perspective. If you're going to add grocery…
In news of nutrition and the fate of the Republic, we hosted a birthday party for our little one today (in a church, no less). Eight little forces of nature ran around playing some anarchic version of tag. Then we…