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I’ve been thinking a lot about body mass index (BMI) lately. Body mass index is the weight to height ratio

My morning routine changes considerably when I travel and wake up in a hotel in a city like Addis Ababa.

Follow any ground transportation route on the African continent, such as roads driven by long distance truckers who are transporting

The popularity of coffee becomes even more obvious in Ethiopia when meeting with representatives from social service organizations who work

Ethiopia is a landlocked nation in northeastern Africa. Unlike the rest of the continent, Ethiopia avoided colonialization, though the brief

I really am a farm kid from rural Minnesota. I rarely think about that when I’m in the United States,

What’s in an acronym? Usually neither the acronym itself, nor the upper case words that form it, provides a true

I am a committed advocate for the arts in the Twin Cities. Our household supports the WalkerArtCenter, the Minneapolis Institute

There is a global food crisis. We hear about it in the media. We are shocked by the escalating prices

The other morning, as I do every day, I was listening to public radio as I was getting ready for

For most of my career I have worked in the non-profit sector where there have been numerous rewards, but financial

Even though spring seems to refuse to arrive in Minnesota this year, the deck in the backyard is ready for