07 Jun 2006
Dakota farmers serve steak, martinis to Beltway insiders

Interesting effort at both lobbying and actually making a bit of money. But the real payoff will come from reconnecting some of these imbecile lawmakers to real farming: we'll have to see if this enterprise ever reaches that lofty goal.

When several North Dakota farmers asked a consulting firm to help them figure out how to make more money on their products, they got a simple answer: Open an upscale restaurant.

(link) [CNN]

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