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Sidewalk Art ~ Plains Folk Essay ~ Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society

Prairie Public Broadcasting | By Ashley

Published April 23, 2015 at 4:16 PM CDT

Thursday, April 23 – The Sidewalk Art Project incorporates art and poetry into fresh concrete when sidewalks need replacement. Mara Morken Fogarty was inspired by the success of the project in St. Paul and is working on bringing it to Moorhead and beyond. ~~~ Matt Olien has this week’s movie review, “While We’re Young.” ~~~ A Plains Folk essay from Tom Isern: “Cold War in a Cold Land.” ~~~ Meet Edd Goerger, the new executive director of the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society. From his own farm, he markets direct to consumers. There’s no end of food issues to discuss. ~~~ Chuck Lura tells us about constellation Leo in today’s Natural North Dakota essay. ~~~ Doug and Ashley have our What’s Happening calendar of events.

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