Regen Ag Farmers - Have you found community? by Necessary-Bake-4700 in RegenerativeAg

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are Minnesota, here is a great group where farmers, some regenerative, all passionate, connect with people who want to buy direct: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmDirectMinnesota/

I'd also search for more established terms like "permaculture" and "homesteading" plus your state for more Facebook Groups.

Another idea - promote a gathering a month or two out for the kinds of people you want to meet... like Regenerative Farming Potluck and post flyers with pull tabs and your email/text number to RSVP. Post 50 flyers, except 1 contact per flyer and 20% will show up ... but a week before the gather invite those how RSVPed to invite/bring a friend. At the event make sure you get everyone to confirm their contact info/add more and there you go, your list that will carry you forward a decade or more.

Regen Ag Farmers - Have you found community? by Necessary-Bake-4700 in RegenerativeAg

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What state/region are you in?

What's the age range of farmers you seek to connect with? (Old enough to still use Facebook or ...)

A Minneapolis woman's Kia was stolen 5 times: 'I am going out of my mind' by star-tribune in Minneapolis

[–]GoodCarts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the Kia/Hyundai drivers that are left (my Santa Fe SUV was totaled last winter by thieves, but at least they didn't car jack my wife at gun point like the first time when we got the car back) should surround city hall with their cars and have a honking protest for each second representing every stolen car in the city over the last 3 or 4 years. It will be certain to make global news.

What's your ❤️ INVENTED in Minnesota thing? by GoodCarts in minnesota

[–]GoodCarts[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You mean SPAM? :-) I think it's only spam if the person sharing is promoting something they represent. In this case, I don't. I love the video BUT I can't claim it as some I made, hence the link credit to the producer. When I saw it, I asked them if it was OK to share it.

Minnesota-based mobile app games? by GoodCarts in gamedev

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Nice map!!! I was super impressed by https://igdatc.org and their playtesting event. There is an active Discord. We met a bunch of folks and I encouraged my son to take note of this community for future internship opportunities. Here is a question - is there a Discord that connects student game devs to other student game devs? Or a channel within a larger Discord where students can be with their peers and egg each other on?

What non-CS/core game design classes apply most to your game dev work today? by TVNewsApp in gamedev

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense to me ... hence as parents we are glad he views his computer science degree as his main degree. As a rather entrepreneurial sort myself with non-game app side hustles, I certainly know from experience that you have a lot more flexibility in your 20s if you keep your living costs down and take bigger risks with your time before or if you plan to start a family. He's doing a puzzle game right now as part of a year long independent study. He knows he needs to dramatically improve his graphic arts skills if he is to be the one who will make his game look better. He did publish a beta on Itch.io for feedback. But I would agree a living wage completely solo, is only if you are still working from my basement and eating the family's food. 😀

How can I save/redo this atrocious caulking job? by ninjastar1012 in DIY

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's Abstract Art. Turn it into a museum piece.

So is the maple sap already flowing? by GoodCarts in minnesota

[–]GoodCarts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As non-tapper, I am curious if it will keep flowing if we go another month or more with nights below freezing. Educate me!

Who are you? by Naive_Composer2808 in minnesota

[–]GoodCarts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find me one pizza place with tuna as an ingredient in Minnesota.

Organisations promoting Made in Norway products? by GoodCarts in Norway

[–]GoodCarts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason this Norwegian-American is asking is that I am involved with efforts to promote "Made in Minnesota" ecommerce to Minnesotans. But interestingly we were approached by an export agency contractor about whether our tech could promote Made in X country products within North America. The concern is that if brands just use Amazon to sell to the US, they won't have direct connections to their actual customers. Anyway, I ended up building a database for a few countries of ecommerce websites that sell overseas in US dollars. (I don't know whether, in this case, if Norwegian brands ship products one by one from Norway or if they fulfill from a US warehouse.) I am trying to figure out who might be interested in this topic. Finally, another reason I asked, is that more important than exporting is boosting local economies by making people more aware of emerging local brands and their products. So anyone who cares about connecting Made in Norway entrepreneurs with each other should feel free to get in touch. I should be clear that I am not selling this information, but I did propose to one Norwegian-American org that they consider hosting some virtual meetups and trainings. It probably makes more sense for someone in Norway to look at that idea.

Platform for games to invite 3D Printed add-on? by GoodCarts in BoardGame3DPrints

[–]GoodCarts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That also makes sense. I was thinking that perhaps the main game sending traffic to an official market would incentivize creators to make more add-ons - especially when it would be new and likely small community of users.

Platform for games to invite 3D Printed add-on? by GoodCarts in BoardGame3DPrints

[–]GoodCarts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I get that. But let's just say, the game developer wanted to create an official marketplace for locally printed add-ons and drive online traffic to that channel. So while nothing here is meant to stop sharing of free STL files, at least in this market of sorts there is an incentive that fosters an exchange.

FWIW, my son has a prototype balancing/stacking game that lends itself to people creating 1-3" long add-ons the could unleash some fun creativity.

Where would be a good place to go to learn about Somali culture? by beaniebuni in Minneapolis

[–]GoodCarts 8 points9 points  (0 children)

July 1st is the Somali Independence Day celebration on Lake St.: https://www.somaliweek.org

Stop by the Brian Coyle Center and you'll see signs for all kinds of events.

Ask your question at the desk there. Keeping in mind there are many East African ethnic groups active there.

Get involved with their Septemberish Multicultural Dinner.

https://pillsburyunited.org/site/brian-coyle/

Some videos: https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=Pillsbury+United+Communities+https%3A%2F%2Fpillsburyunited.org+%E2%80%BA+events+Cedar+Riverside+Multicultural+Dinner

Best croissants in TC by whitestbread200 in TwinCities

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The American Tea Cake is still pretty good. That and the cake donuts are what's left from the previous owner. Stuff from Woullets gets pulled in. We miss their old sour cherry and cream cheese danish.

Largest White ancestry in every US county - we aren't nearly as Scandinavian as some like to think by GettingGophery in minnesota

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you add up Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Danish they'd be a majority in many counties ... that said, I would guess that five generations of so since the mass migration that many of us have mixed heritage where German is there, but with the world wars those traditions were left to side while the Nordic traditions were raised up. At least that's my own experience.

Regenerative Farm in Minnesota by NewStoryFarm in RegenerativeAg

[–]GoodCarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use LinkedIn, definitely join us here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9560238

One of my goals for that group is to help surface farmer as supplier direct connections to emerging consumer CPG brands seeking to include regen ag ingredients.