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Land Transition Course 2026

By Paul Ortman on Dec 15, 2025

Consider this opportunity for your family! For the first time, Rural Revival is hosting a holistic Farm Transition Planning Course in collaboration with The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) and Dakota Rural Action (DRA). This opportunity is coordinated alongside the land transition course that LSP has provided for Minnesota farmers over the past 9 years. The course includes seven weekly sessions, with a full day Saturday to kick off, and again to close the training.

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Permaculture Training Event

By Paul Ortman on Sep 24, 2024

Rural Revival is hosting a learning presentation on permaculture by Matt Stone on Monday, September 23 at 7:30 P.M at the Freeman library followed by the regular monthly meeting.

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Community Visioning Event

By Paul Ortman on Apr 1, 2024

Rural Revival is hosting a “Community Visioning Event” on Saturday, April 13th 2024 at the Prairie Arboretum in Freeman, SD. In keeping with Rural Revival’s goals on local food systems, helping aspiring farmers, and fostering discussions on land transfer they are sponser an event where individuals can start to develop a plan for the future of our area. Attached you will find a letter with more details on the event.

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Energy Self-Reliance

By Dennis Lehmann on Jun 14, 2021

Turning onto the gravel driveway one’s eyes immediately gravitate to the roof of the two story house. Twenty four solar panels cover the south side of the house and attached garage, which were installed eight years ago. In addition there are many south facing windows to catch the low angle of the winter sun . The back of the bottom story faces north and is buried in dirt for insulation.

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