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Not keen on green: Organic farm criticized for harming land DAN CHARLES, Minnesota Public Radio News May 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without a big food company making promises to deliver products from green, sustainable farms. Turning those promises into reality, though, can be complicated. Take Gunsmoke Farms, a vast property that covers 53 square miles just northwest of Pierre, South Dakota. The food company General Mills, the Minnesota-based maker of Cheerios, announced in 2018 that it would convert the farm to organic production....

Listen • 4:12 Wind-blown soil fills a ditch between a road and the fields of Gunsmoke Farms, a large organic farm northwest of Pierre, S.D., in early March. A huge organic farm that's backed by General Mills is facing accusations that it's doing more environmental harm than good. The project shows the difficulties of delivering on green promises. Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without a big food company making promises to deliver products from green, sustainable farms. Turning those promises into reality, though, can be complicated. Take Gunsmoke Farms, a vast property...

In early March, wind-blown soil filled a ditch between a road and the fields of Gunsmoke Farms. Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without a big food company making promises to deliver products from green, sustainable farms. Turning those promises into reality, though, can be complicated. Take Gunsmoke Farms, a vast property that covers 53 square miles just northwest of Pierre, S.D. The food company General Mills, maker of Cheerios, announced in 2018 that it would convert the farm to organic production. The company planned to turn it into an educational hub to teach other farmers "how to implem...

Press Argus-Courier Wayne Beck, the former City Clerk of Alma, spoke to the city council on April 15 to discuss Mayor Jerry Martins's raise that he received in 2019. Martin received a $25,000 raise to his salary, which culminates in an extra $100,000 in his four-year term. Beck requested the council that the mayor's salary in 2022 after the next election be reduced to approximately $30,000. He also added that there be a merit aspect added to the salary. "This merit will be based on performance, where you set objectives and goals," said Beck. "This guaranteed $50,000 that we have, the person d...