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What Do We Want? Farms Not Factories

On Tuesday April 5th 2022, Lincoln County Commissioner heard the appeal of Planning and Zoning’s decision to allow Primo Feedlot to expand from 1,000 to…

Cottage Foods Reform Under Threat! Contact Your Senators

Cottage Foods Reform passed its second committee UNANIMOUSLY this week. HOORAY!!! HOWEVER, despite HB 1322 having passed with no opposition, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Casey…

DRA Weekly Legislative Update

Closing in on “Summer Break” As we head into the final week of the legislative session the energy at the capitol is reminiscent of the…

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Submit Comments to USDA on Country of Origin Labeling

The USDA wants to know your opinion about Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) The deadline to submit comments is Monday, April 5th, 2022 As currently…

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@KILIradio on the Pine Ridge Reservation uses wind and solar power to supply 100% of it's energy needs, making them…...

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4 weeks ago

Tomorrow: Cedar Creek Gardens 1pm Centralfb.me/e/7NcRsg0kZCedar Creek Gardens, LLC which is located 2 miles east and 9 miles south of 1880 Town off I90.The gardens are co-owned by Bud Manke and Peggy Martin. We have 12 acres and 5 high tunnels into production. We use healthy crop rotation, spring fed wells for irrigation, and carefully selected, great tasting, produce varieties that grow well in our South Dakota soil. FUN FACTS ABOUT THE GARDENSWe have a certified commercial kitchen for canning.We built our own vegetable washer. See it here.We have free range chickens who go where they want.If you try to use your GPS to find us you will be lostOur marketing area covers from Rapid City to Pierre.The most tomatoes we have ever picked in one day was 3 tonOur ugly vegetables don’t go to waste because we feed them to the bucket calvesThe strangest place we have ever found an egg from our chickens was on the motor of one our workampers motorhome. ... See MoreSee Less

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July 11th: Keya Wakpala Gardens 930am Centralwww.facebook.com/events/584808799824584Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative Mission StatementThe mission of the Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative (SFSI) to spark a prairie fire food movement to Indigenize the food system on the Rosebud Reservation.Food Sovereignty Initiative is a local foods project to create a modern Lakota food system that supports Tribal sovereignty and can feed the Sicangu Lakota Oyate. This geographic area can have extreme weather and presents environmental challenges for producing crops.The one-acre production and incubator farm uses soil health practices to provide food for the community and more importantly opportunities for anyone to learn about raising food. The project and community are growing quickly with produce harvest being over 5,000 pounds, an internship program, community Farmer's Markets, and more than 270 youth being engaged in the garden. ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

The community is invited to join Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative and Dakota Rural Action for a tour of our garden and facilities to learn about the work we are doing here on the Rosebud Reservation!Date: Monday, July 11thTime: 9:30-11:00amLocation: Keya Wakpala Gardens (behind Turtle Creek Grocery Store)See you all there! ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

www.homegrownstories.org/a-small-scale-meat-processors-success-storyCheck out this incredible Homegrown Story highlighting LemmonMade Butcher Shop. When we talk about breaking up consolidation in the packing industry, this is the alternative we want to see! LemmonMade is a local small custom processor that connects with community members and supports small independent producers. We don't need to build the nation's largest packing plant in South Dakota. Processing 8,000 head of cattle a day isn’t sustainable. Rather than propping up the industrial agricultural system, let’s build human scale food systems where you know your farmer, your butcher, and where your food comes from. ... See MoreSee Less

A Small Scale Meat Processor’s Success Story — Homegrown Stories

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Carl Kimmerle opens a small-scale meat processing plant in Lemmon, South Dakota in 2019. Corporate consolidation within the United States food system has caused opening up a business like this to be v...

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1 month ago

Homegrown is gearing up for the next Urban Ag Coalition Meeting... ... See MoreSee Less

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