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        <title>Ground Level: Local Food from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>MPR News&#039; Ground Level project looks at issues around locally sourced food in Minnesota.</description>
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            <title>Bemidji food co-op adds kitchen to boost local food producers</title>
            <description><![CDATA[As Bemidji builds a stronger local foods reputation, a food cooperative hopes a new incubator kitchen can strengthen the network of local food producers.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Immigrant farmers look to move from markets to grocers</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Immigrant farmers are fixtures at farmers&#039; markets in the Twin Cities, but they are not nearly as well represented in other parts of the local food scene.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Retail grocers compete for customers - and local food</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Increasing consumer interest in the presumed health and economic benefits of local food has meant that not only do store like Lunds need to keep up with customer demand, they also have to compete with other retailers like Walmart -- both for customers and for the growers that produce the food.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:41:22 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Schools work to bring local food to the cafeteria</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Food service directors say the programs will improve students&#039; health and might lead to better success at school.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Wadena bistro puts local food on the menu, when in season</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Harvest Thyme Bistro in Wadena has a simple message for its customers: fresh food in season tastes better, and it&#039;s healthier.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Video: Local produce, grown year round</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Carol Ford, above, and Chuck Waibel operate a greenhouse in tiny Milan, Minn., and sell fresh produce to 20 families all winter. They want to expand to reach the growing local food market.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:57:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Chefs, farmers in Brainerd meet online to buy local food</title>
            <description><![CDATA[An experiment to get more locally grown food on resort menus this summer by six Brainerd chefs and eight area farmers was one of a variety of efforts on the local food front. It showed both how things might work and why it&#039;s difficult.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:45:36 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Growing pains: Scaling up local food</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesotans are increasingly interested in eating healthier, supporting local economies and encouraging sustainable living, and, although there has been a local food movement for decades, it&#039;s been picking up momentum in recent years.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Local food movement searches for better system</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Signs of a growing local food movement are everywhere.  You can see them, at Saturday farmers markets and on restaurant menus.   Local apples are now served at school cafeterias.  There are community gardens in city neighborhoods and small towns.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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