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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Meet the farmers of the future: Robots
Robots are key to a new wave of local agriculture that aims to raise lettuce, basil and other produce in metropolitan areas while conserving water and sidestepping the high costs of human labor.
Report: Nitrate in drinking water a costly problem for small, rural cities
A new report from the Environmental Working Group says nitrate pollution is hitting small, rural communities hardest, and they're the ones least able to afford the cost of treatment.