[AT] Farm Rescue - for farmers in crisis

[Mattias Kessén]

I'm so glad we don't have tornadoes here.

Mattias

2010/9/25 Dan Folske <dfolske at nccray.net>

> Farm Rescue has been here a couple of weeks trying to help out a local
> farmer has farm was totally destroyed by an EF3 tornado in mid August. I
> think they've only managed about 1 day of harvest since they got here
> because of rain.
>
> The farmer farmer survived without injury but every building and piece of
> machinery at the farm was destroyed and one traveler on the highway past
> the
> farm was killed.
>
> Here are a few pictures and info about the tornado.
>
>
> http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=bis&storyid=56601&source=2
>
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> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:38 AM
> To: <AT at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: [AT] Farm Rescue - for farmers in crisis
>
> > Started in 2006 in N.D., now in S.D., MT, & MN, has helped 130 farm
> > families in crisis, such as illness, injury, natural disaster, with
> > planting or harvesting.  Founder is Bill Gross, UPS pilot who grew up on
> > farm near Cleveland, N.D.; he still owns the farm.  Farm Rescue, a
> > non-profit, is based in Jamestown, N.D.  As sponsorships and donations
> > increase, Farm Rescue plans are to expand into other states. This
> > summarizes the cover article in Sept 10-25 American Profile newspaper, a
> > 24 page insert.  I can remember Dad spending a day with a dozen or more
> > neighbors when they plowed the wheat stubble ground for a recently
> widowed
> > neighbor lady.  Herb
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