Mon, 11/17/2003 - 8:14pmThanks to MSU-N faculty member, Wane Boysun's enthusiasm for information on the upcoming 4th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, I added over 20 hydrogen fuel entries to the NARFI Rural Futures Directory, including several links for hydrogen fuel related educational resources.

Mon, 11/10/2003 - 3:23pmYou are what you eat! And for a small network of Montana farmers and chefs, what you eat is good for all of us. The Story of a Steak in Food and Wine magazine follows the trail from the "hippie cows" of Big Sky Natural Beef, the organic beets and carrots of Gallatin Valley Botanical, and the organic fingerling potatoes of Gaia Gardens to The Savory Olive restaurant in Bozeman where "every dish is made from sustainably produced ingredients." Together, organic/sustainable ranchers/farmers with support from the Chefs Collaborative -- a 10 year old group created to promote sustainable cuisine -- are changing the future, one food network at a time. It's Sustainability in Action. Special thanks to NARFI friend and outstanding photographer Steve Helmbrecht for the heads up on this article.

Mon, 10/20/2003 - 10:09pmThe NARFI web site has been updated and now resides on a full-featured Content Management System. The CMS selected was the Open Source Drupal platform.