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  • Rural North Dakota: A place everyone can call home

    Erin Oban, USDA RD State Director for N.D.|Jun 20, 2022

    The story of my upbringing is not unlike thousands of other North Dakotans. I grew up in a very small, rural community – Ray, North Dakota – the same hometown of my parents, in a modest house that my parents built when they were married. That house was more than a building; it was our home, and the ability of my parents to access and afford a place of their own provided security, certainty, and satisfaction for all of us. I realize now the immense dignity they felt being able to build their family and raise their three kids within those fou...