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Whole Farm Cooperative of Long Prairie utilizes technology to communicate with its Twin Cities based customers
By Tim King Last April the 30-member cooperative received a $14,634.25 grant from the United States Department of
As soon as Medicare sends a billing number, the Central Todd County Care Center (CTCCC) in Clarissa will begin offering home healthcare services through an in-house agency, Administrator Jason Polovick told county commissioners on Dec. 28. By Rin Porter As soon as Medicare sends a billing number, the Central Todd County Care Center (CTCCC) in Clarissa will begin offering home healthcare services through an in-house agency, Administrator Jason Polovick told county commissioners on Dec. 28. The new home care agency was formed through a Community Service Development grant received in 2010, Polovick said in an interview on Jan. 2. We received two years of funding to set up a home care agency. Our grant period ended on Sept. 30, 2012. We were inspected successfully in November. Now were just waiting for a billing number, and then we can begin. We hope this will be a good business for us, and a good service for the community, he explained. Polovick applied for the grant nearly three years ago, believing that nursing homes such as the CTCCC would need to expand their offerings in order to meet public demand. People want to stay in their homes now, he said, rather than stay in nursing homes if they have other options. This reduces the states costs, and will cause many nursing homes to get smaller. Although CTCCC has many long-term residents, it has become as much a rehabilitation center as a long-term care center. We send a lot of people home now, Polovick said. Our average stay is 30 days, and many stay only a few days or a week when recovering from surgery, a stroke, or other medical conditions. CTCCC has a physical therapist on staff, and a complete physical therapy room where both inpatients and outpatients are treated. CTCCC contracts with Long Prairie Hospital and with Todd County Public Health to do outpatient therapy. It can provide therapy for sports injuries, as well as post-surgical care for knees, hips, shoulders, etc. The center accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medica, and other insurance plans. The past few years have seen many changes at CTCCC. Polovick is beginning his fifth year as administrator. He received his Acting Administrator license in January 2008, and was fully licensed as a nursing home administrator in April 2008. The number of skilled nursing beds has been reduced from 78 in 2008 to 66 today, and private rooms have been set up, at patient and family request. There are 16 assisted living apartments. Polovick said the number of beds will continue to be reduced until the facility reaches the right number. He isnt sure what that will be at this point. Additional services are being considered by the board of directors,
Agriculture. The purpose of the grant was to launch the Facebook site, improve an existing website, and generally increase communications with customers. "Some people want to know how their food was grown and who grew it," Tim King, a co-founder of the cooperative, said. "That was true in the 1990s, when farmers from the Central chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association formed Whole Farm Cooperative in Long Prairie. The number of those people has increased since then." Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s the co-op communicated with its customers via email and later a website. It was a pioneer in using email and internet marketing in the early years of those technologies. Most of the co-ops customers are associated with churches in the Twin Cities. Twice per month the customers order food by email or via the web site. Then the co-operatives truck takes the food orders to freezers and refrigerators at the churches. The parishioners come by the church at their convenience to pick up their orders. Church members went to the trouble of getting food this way because they wanted to support small family farms and sustainable agriculture. They also wanted the healthiest most nutritious food possible for themselves and their families. That made keeping them informed about the farmers and farms that produced their food very important. "We met face to face with our customers as often as time and expense permitted," King said. "But our major vehicle of communication was a monthly email listing our available products. At the time, that was a novel idea. Customers ordered, via email, and we drove a truck full of farm products to an agreed upon drop site." As fuel prices increased and more and more people began using social media Facebook appeared to provide an excellent way to keep customers up to date and informed. Since the Facebook site was launched and the website improvements began customers have responded positively. "When I saw the photo of the garlic on your web site I remembered to order garlic," Margot Monson, a St. Paul customer, said. "Your Facebook page for the farm coop is great! I discovered it a couple of weeks ago and posted it on my profile page," Karen Osen, another customer, said. "You almost have to get the coop out there on social networking sites to keep it alive these days." The website home page feature pictures of farmers and their products. During the holidays photos of turkeys, ducks, and geese were prominent. A "Producers" link on the home page features an increasing number of longer profiles of farms and farmers. The Facebook feature lots of photos, nutritional information, and short bits of information on farmers and products. Recent posts to Facebook include information about a member family that catches and sells Alaska salmon and cod, a Honduran member family that grows coffee, and the Hendrickson family who raise vegetables near Little Sauk. Whole Farm Cooperative has members in Todd, Stearns, and Morrison County. It's retail store and warehouse is in Long Prairie. To see the Whole Farm Cooperative website and Facebook visit www.wholefarmcoop.com
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1 cup Monterey Jack cheese Fresh cilantro In large skillet saute onion in oil until tender, add crappies, green chilies, chili powder, salt, cumin and pepper cook 3 minutes until fish flakes. Stir in cream cheese until it melts. Place fish mixture into each tortilla shell roll up and place into 9 x 13 seam side down pour salsa over and sprinkle with cheese. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. This is one of Babe's favorite. We do this together I make the marinade for the fish and he is out pre heating the grill and waiting to cook the fish. We put some fresh vegetables in our grill pan and by the time I set the table the entire meal is done in minutes. Do not over cook when the fish is ready it will be flaky and vegetables crispy it's a perfect meal. Babe's BBQ Fish 1 1/2 pounds Walleye, Blue Gill or Crappie filets Marinade: 1 small onion (chopped) 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp chili powder 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tbsp ketchup 2 tbsp dry mustard Combine all marinade ingredients in a kettle to boil until reduced into syrup. Chill marinade, place fish filets in baking dish spoon part of the marinade over fish so both sides are coated. Marinade in refrigerator for 1 hour. Pour off extra marinade into pan heat until boiling. Grill fish basting with marinade on each side, grill until fish flakes.
I was sure happy to fill my tag and harvest a moose this year. I am always planning ahead, while I was hunting I was thinking of recipes so when I came home I put this one to use right away. My family fell in love with this and I topped it off with a loaf of fresh French bread.
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1 pkg fresh mushrooms Spaghetti noodles (Cook noodles according to package instructions) Parmesan cheese shredded In skillet cook and crumble ground moose and chopped onion. Add rest of the ingredients except cheese and noodles. Reduce heat to simmer and cover for 1 hour remove bay leaf. Serve over cooked noodles and sprinkle with cheese.
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Dr. Dean has been a chiropractor for 15 years and has spent 8 of those years here in Browerville having moved here from Farmington with his wife Amy. He and Amy had actually been coming up here to vacation on beautiful Horseshoe Lake since 1987 and have known many of the people who live on the lake for years before moving here. Dr. Dean describes his approach to treatment as "meat and potatoes" chiropractic. There aren't any sophisticated diagnostic or treatment devices, there is no staff and you won't be pressured to sign up for multiple visits at a time needlessly. What you will get on your first visit is a complete and thorough medical/chiropractic history and examination, plus you will receive your first treatment on the same day as your first visit. However, Dr. Dean does have at his disposal several therapy devices to help patients relax before their adjustments and he does not charge extra for those therapies. Browerville Chiropractic is what Dr. Dean Grabinger calls a "Cash/check only, referralbased" practice. What that means is that Dr. Dean does not accept any type of health insurance at this time. He feels that this helps keep his costs of operation very low and he then can pass those savings on to the patients he serves. Browerville Chiropractic is located in the American Heritage Bank building at 502 South Main Street and contrary to the popular rumor, the hours of operation are independent of the banks' hours which means Dr. Dean has access to the bank and can see patients even when the bank is closed. Browerville Chiropractic's hours of operation are Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm. However, since many people's schedules do not fit into the hours of operation, Dr. Dean is willing to make special arrangements on occasion for early evening or Saturday morning visits. The cost for the first treatment as a new patient is $45.00. Regular visits are $30.00 and regular visits for seniors 70 and over is $25.00.
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