GO LOCAL! Local foods, local arts and crafts, local produce, local music and local street theater filled the streets of downtown Bismarck on the opening day of the 4th annual Urban Harvest. The Urban Harvest is a six week open air market whose goal is revitalize the local economy while building community. The all day celebration attracts many friendly folks who enjoy engaging in conversations about renewable energy and don’t mind taking a couple of minutes to listen to a presentation about the importance of local foods. Through there was a lot of movement while the presentation on local foods was going on, we were able to meet some interesting people and sparked some great one on one conversations as we walked around the market. Mary Mitchell of the Missouri Valley Resource Council as well as Marie Hoff and other members joined us for the day at Urban Harvest and we were able to hand out over 200 recycling brochures, a key issue that MVRC is working on. As the North Dakota winds started to howl and the sky turned darker, the market came to an early close. It was, however, a successful first market day for all.
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