Author: <span>Ross Currier</span>

First it was tortillas in Mexico. Then it was Spam in Minnesota. But ethanol producers have crossed the line, now it’s beer in Germany. Government subsidies for ethanol crops have…

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A friend sent me this story yesterday: In a dramatic act of biblio-immolation to protest “society’s diminishing support for the printed word,” Tom Wayne staged a book burning in front…

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Bridgewater Township’s struggle with Progressive Rail over a proposed ethanol plant is covered in tomorrow’s StarTribune South section. Advanced BioEnergy hopes to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol per year.…

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From the Friday, May 25th, StarTribune: “Hormel Food Corp. cut its annual profit forecast Thursday, with the company blaming the increase in corn prices because of demand for ethanol production.”…

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Next Tuesday, May 15th, from 7 to 9 pm, the City of Northfield and the Northfield Planning Commission are hosting an open house on our progress on the Comprehensive Plan…

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The snow has melted, the sun is rising higher in the sky, it must be… …skate board season. I’ve blogged about it previously, Ruth Amerman had a guest column about…

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