The prairie had to be covered in new spring grass to feed and support your team of oxen.

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How can we feed each other, how can we support each other?

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Resistance from local fishermen slowly turned into support when they realized they could get steady work delivering feed and materials to the farm sites while transporting harvested fish back to shore on a scheduled basis.

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