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Sep
28

DRA Releases 2026-2027 SD Local Foods Directory

Dakota Rural Action (DRA) has released the 2026-2027 Local Foods Directory, connecting South Dakota consumers with food producers around the state. The free publication highlighting producers who grow and sell their products direct-to-consumer is distributed around the state to retailers and farmers markets, and is also available online in a searchable format. “McCrory Gardens has been handing out directories at…

Sep
28

Rooted & Resilient: DRA’s 39th Annual Meeting

Dakota Rural Action has been fighting for rural communities, farmers, ranchers, and everyday people for nearly 40 years, sinking our roots deep into the South Dakota soil. The specific issues…

Aug
27

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3 hours ago

⌛October 19th is the voter registration deadline for the Nov. 3rd election. 🗳📍Go to your county auditor’s office to register. Also, make sure that you have the correct documents to provide proof of citizenship.📍Your SD driver’s license does NOT prove citizenship unless it was issued AFTER July 1, 2025. For any licenses issued earlier, be sure to grab one of the additional documents (passport, birth certificate, naturalization certificate). Your county auditor's office will be able to answer any questions you have. 📍Not sure if you're registered? You can check your status at: vip.sdsos.gov/VIPLogin.aspx ...

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Dakota Rural Action

2 days ago

⚕Amendment I won't solve the problem of scarce healthcare resources, and could even make the problem worse. Rural facilities operate on thin margins, and when faced with rising levels of unpaid care, it will make it harder for them to remain in operation. 💰Also, facilities may need to charge more to make up for the unpaid care they are still providing. This could drive up the costs of both healthcare services and insurance premiums. The public will still pay, one way or another. Amendment I is not a solution.Read more: southdakotasearchlight.com/2026/09/29/passing-medicaid-ballot-measure-would-reduce-services-and-s... ...

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Dakota Rural Action

2 days ago

🚨This is tonight but there is still time to register! Your voice and help are needed to protect Craven Canyon, a world-class archaeological site containing 8,000-year-old ceremonial carvings, or petroglyphs, on the canyon wall. The October Jinx Project and the Chord Project are a combined project that is a proposed uranium drilling exploration project at Craven Canyon. This project is managed by Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation (CNEC), a subsidiary of Nexus Uranium, a Canadian uranium mining company that fully intends to have an open-pit mine in our homelands.⏰Join tonight, September 30th at 6 pm MT/7 pm CT for a virtual teach-in.Virtual Teach-In: Protect Craven Canyon Against Uranium Mining!🗓️Join us on Wednesday, September 30th, at 6:00 p.m. MT / 7:00 p.m. CT➡️ Register here: ndnco.cc/craven-canyonJoin us for a virtual teach-in on the October Jinx/Chord Projects currently threatening Craven Canyon, a world-class archaeological site containing 8,000-year-old ceremonial rock carvings on the canyon wall. Learn about the status of the projects, the threats it poses, and opportunities to get involved in protecting this sacred land and waters together.#ProtectHesapa #Landback #NoMiningInTheBlackHills ...

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Dakota Rural Action

3 days ago

🔥David Owen's commentary in The Dakota Scout is spot on. L-No!"Here we go again. The political elites are trying for the third time to get us to change the Constitution so that future amendments need 60 percent of the votes to win. Not 55 percent, not even 59 percent, 60 percent."They tried this before in 2018. Voters rejected Amendment X, which would have required 55 percent approval for constitutional amendments. In 2022, voters rejected Amendment C, which would have required 60 percent approval for certain ballot measures."Here’s the ultimate irony: Amendment L only needs a majority to force the next ones to need 60 percent. That’s simply unfair."I have been part of at least nine ballot measure campaigns in South Dakota and didn’t win all of them. Even when we lost, I respected the judgment of the voters. Ask yourself why the political leaders that keep putting this mess on the ballot don’t seem to have that same trust in your vote."This issue transcends a single party, election, or ballot measure. Political majorities fluctuate, issues evolve and elected officials change. However, the rules established in our Constitution remain constant."The people of South Dakota have been given the power to vote on serious issues, including amendments to the Constitution. Amendment L limits that power and shifts the power of future changes to a minority of 41 percent. That’s all it will take to kill ideas that the vast majority of voters approve. That stinks."I am voting NO on Amendment L and ask that you would also."Let’s use our majority to stop them from limiting our power. Maybe this time they will finally stop."(David Owen, retired president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry.) ...

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Dakota Rural Action

3 days ago

Another tremendous Farm Aid event! Grateful to be there, in community with so many allies & friends working to make a difference. ...

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