There is nothing better than eating fresh peas in the garden. You pop open a pea pod and the green pearls inside are as sweet as candy. At North Dakota State University, we have worked with hundreds of families to identify the[...]
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The great irony of the information age is that reliable, accurate information is harder than ever to find. We’ll dig in deep on complex issues, provide citation and reference when applicable, and constantly stay on the lookout for the simplest ways to communicate content.
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10 things to know about how social media affects teens’ brains
Kids today are among the first generation of humans to grow up with social media as a dominant factor in their lives. After hundreds of thousands of years of evolving and adapting to the natural world, we're now dealing with the challenges[...]
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Fargo scraps curbside glass recycling
What does it make sense to recycle? That's not an answer under control of municipalities with recycling programs, because it depends on what the MRFs (material recovery facilities) will accept. And the Minneapolis-based MRF Fargo sends their recycling to is no longer[...]
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Do you have unclaimed property waiting for you?
There's a 10% chance you've got property that belongs to you, but has been misplaced and is waiting for you to claim. And by property, we mostly mean money. February 1st was officially 'unclaimed property' day in North Dakota; it's part of[...]
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Saskatchewan Watershed At Normal Levels Thus Far
The Souris River's Saskatchewan headwaters make the snowpack of our northern neighbors local news. And the first report of 2023 indicates lots of storage in the reservoirs for Canadian prairie snow that will melt through Minot. The Souris Basin outlook is quoted[...]
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The surprising key to our energy-centric future is Transmission
Bill Gates has built himself a fortune. In part, through his ability to shape the future, in part through his ability to predict the future and position his business interests in alignment. In those acts some people see a villain, but whatever[...]
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EPIC Companies acquires Fargo Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express hotels
West Fargo-based EPIC Companies has been making a splash around North Dakota for several years. They were recently approved for a significant TIF and development project here in Minot near the site of the new Trinity hospital. News out of Fargo has[...]
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Land Transfers Offer Hope, Stewardship to Beginning Farmers
It's hard to tell what prices may be going up faster than food, but it's possible farm land is one of them. It's a circumstance -- the high cost of land -- that makes entering farming business difficult. But there are solutions[...]
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State of ND Releases Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Showing Strong Position
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released the 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. “The 2022 North Dakota ACFR shows the state in a strong financial position[...]
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Regenerative farming links soil health to human health
They say we are what we eat. And if we're eating food off the average modern farm, it's far less diverse, and maybe less healthy than it used to be. But an alternative is emerging, and while the initial investment in regenerative[...]
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U.S. Approves First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, Beginning New Era for Atomic Energy
Nuclear energy is back. Well, it never really went away, but a new wave of small reactors is on the horizon, and the design that drives them was recently approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It's just the seventh reactor design[...]
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Firm seeks to build solar panel plant in Manitoba
The first phase of a possible solar industry cluster is in the works in southeast Manitoba. Companies of the same industry often cluster together because they benefit from proximity to each other. Sio Silica makes the first ingredient -- pure quartz silica[...]
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Do you know the difference between a street, a road, and a stroad? Hint: it’s the reason your taxes are high
Do you know the difference between a street and a road? A street is a part of an ecosystem for building community wealth and prosperity. A road connection between places. A stroad is a mash-up of the two ideas that fails in[...]
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North Dakota legislative budget writers adopt early revenue forecast
How our legislators build the state budget depends a whole bunch on how much money they think they'll have. How do they that out? They forecast. It's tricky business because it depends on predicting things like oil prices and sales tax revenues[...]
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Road salts washing into the river, damaging ecosystems and pipes
"There’s pretty good evidence that if we continue to use salt at the rate we do now, it’s going to be detrimental to the rivers and lakes eventually." That's the comment of Ryan Westphal, the Facilities Director for La Crosse County, Wisconsin,[...]
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North Dakota bills take aim at gender issues; LGBTQ advocates voice opposition
The culture wars rage on in the early going of the ND legislative session. Several bills aimed at, as supporters say, protecting kids from left-wing ideology are working through the system. At stake are the pronouns people use to describe themselves, the[...]