Stanley, ND

Mountrail County Farmers Union held a noon lunch for $1 for any community member wanting to come out. The $1 fee for lunch represent the amount producers receive, which is estimated to be only twenty cents of every food dollar. The other eight cents is made up of marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing costs.
The event was organized to make the public aware of how little of the food dollar spent actually goes to the producer in rural america. In a press release from the ND Farmers Union President, Robert Carlson, he stated that “High energy costs, inflation, world markets and stock inventories are driving today’s food costs, not the prices farmers receive for their crops and livestock.

A public meeting will be held to seek input from community members to discuss proposed improvements to ND Highway 8 on Main Street and 6th Ave SE in Stanley. Representatives from the NDDOT, Brosz Engineering Inc., Ameritech Engineering Corp. and the City of Stanley will be available to answer questions.

If you have any questions or comments please attend, tonight, March 31st at 5 p.m. at the elementary school.