This week on Rural MN Radio, we continued our talk with Harold Stanislawski on how the people of Fergus Falls named their town the “telework capital of Minnesota,” then set out to make it happen. Two of the biggest factors were finding the companies interested in hiring teleworkers, then making sure the workers had the right skill sets.
Category Archives: 2014
Fergus Falls: Telework capital
Six years ago, the city of Fergus Falls declared itself the Telework Capital of Minnesota. Then they set to work making it happen. This week on Rural MN Radio, Jim and Marnie talk with Harold Stanislawski, director of the Fergus Falls Economic Improvement Commission, in the first of a two-part conversation about how many stakeholders came together to make a vision a reality.
Counting farms: Census of Ag continued
This week Dan Lofthus, state statistician at the National Agricultural Statistics Service field office in St. Paul, talks about some of the early data coming out the 2012 Ag Census, including trends in number of farms and size of farms.
Counting Cows
The USDA’s Census of Agriculture comes out every five years, filled with reams of information on the state of the nation’s farming sector. This week on Rural MN Radio, Jim and Marnie talk with Dan Lofthus, state statistician for the Minnesota field office of NASS, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, which conducts the Census. Dan talks about the importance of the Census, the kind of data they collect, and when it will be available.
What’s up at the legislature pt 2
This week on Rural MN Radio, Jim continues his conversation with Center CEO and former state representative Brad Finstad. They discuss what happens during a bonding session and how policy makers navigate the difficult course of bringing home the bacon while not engaging in pork.
What’s up at the legislature pt 1
This week on Rural MN Radio, Jim and Center CEO Brad Finstad talk about expectations and intentions for this year’s legislative session, including answering the question, “What is an ‘un-session’?”
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