Big Stone Local Foods Group

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…