Rural Minnesota’s grocery stores are changing plans, hands
A Detroit Lakes food co-op and independent grocers like it show a resilient rural Minnesota. But wherever you are on the political spectrum there’s something for you on the shelf.
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A Detroit Lakes food co-op and independent grocers like it show a resilient rural Minnesota. But wherever you are on the political spectrum there’s something for you on the shelf.
The oil isn’t the villain; the food product surrounding the oil is. Blaming seed oils for the harms of ultra-processed food is as helpful as blaming the wrapper.
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The Midtown Bike Center, found where the trail wiggles just a little and the walls hold the memory of every commuter who has ever locked up a wet bike and walked in for a coffee or tune up.
Renters deserve the same rights as everyone who owns a home, at least when it comes to fixing whats broken.
To understand why the demolition of an abandoned CVS mattered, you have to go back to the beginning.
When your community floods, whether with assailants, water, fire or hunger, it will be the people next to you that come to your aid and you to theirs.
When our safety depends on it, we have the right — and the responsibility — to defend our communities together, even if that looks like celebrating National Night Out while in a parka.
This is RFK Jr.’s approach in a nutshell: Reject the painstaking work of independent scientists, dismiss established communication tools that work, and substitute your own gut feeling about what sounds right.
The overlap is usually where the story is.
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