Finding creative solutions to problems in rural Minnesota for 40 years

MPR News with Angela Davis by Minnesota Public Radio

Aug 25, 202600:46:24News & Politics

In the 1980s rural Minnesota was struggling with the farm crisis and the McKnight Foundation launched an experiment — the Minnesota Initiative Foundations . These six independent regional foundations across greater Minne...

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