Big Stone County

The Food Desert’s Hidden Oasis

October 28, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Big Stone County, Clinton Kitchen, collaborative marketing, community based food, food deserts, food transportation, Land Stewardship Project, local food transportation, Rebecca Terk, rural economic development, Terry VanDerPol

While spending time in western Minnesota’s Big Stone County recently, I came across a lot of talk about food deserts—those places where people don’t have good access to healthy, affordable food. But…
When Buildings Are More Than Buildings

October 20, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
beginning farmers, Big Stone County, Big Stone Local Foods Group, Clinton Kitchen, Clinton Minnesota, economic development, Land Stewardship Project, local food, Rebecca Terk, rural communities, rural demographics

When a business closes in a rural community, the following 24 months or so are key. Whether it be a farm, small town grocery or repair shop, if the real estate it…