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Emerging Digital Academy Scholarship for Esports Students Announced at NAECAD Esports Event

MOORHEAD, MN, OCTOBER 27, 2022 – One lucky North Dakota esports student will receive a scholarship to attend Emerging Digital Academy, valued at $5,000! Emerging Digital Academy is an immersive…

A Letter from Samantha Burchill, Central Cass FFA Member

“As a Future Farmers of America member, being part of the organization presents the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself. Although my involvement with Grand Farm had…

StartupBREW: Encouraging Inclusivity and Positivity Through Art

About Hannah Hannah Stelter is an artist (also known as Designed by Hannah) and founder of the downtown Fargo art store, Scribble Lady. “I grew up in Mankato, Minnesota and…

Emerging Digital Academy Hopper Cohort: Solo Projects Overview

Emerging Digital Academy is North Dakota’s first ever full stack software development training program. Founded by Emerging Prairie, EDA was created to address the growing demand for skilled software developers…

StartupBREW: Removing Transportation Barriers in the Community

About Jeremy Jeremy Jensen the cofounder of Fix It Forward Ministry and is currently working as a Principal Software Architect at Microsoft, starting back in 1999 with Great Plains Software.…

StartupBREW: Reducing Barriers for Upcoming Land Stewards

About Emily Emily Reno is the founder of Mezclada, an online learning platform dedicated to reducing the barriers to land and capital for the next generation of land stewards. Emily…

StartupBREW: Clean Ingredients Without Compromising

About Mollie Mollie Ficocello is the cofounder of Three Farm Daughters, a family-owned clean ingredient pasta company. Mollie was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota and moved to…

Digital Scrapbook #3: Autonomous Nation 2022

On August 30th, Grand Farm held its second annual Autonomous Nation conference. This conference brought together policymakers from the local, state, and national levels with industry entrepreneurs and innovators to…

Get Ready… She Starts Week is Coming!

Can you believe that She Starts Week is happening in two weeks? We have been so excited for this week to come that we had to interview Emma McIntyre, one…

Digital Scrapbook #2: The History Behind the Emerging Digital Academy Cohort Names

It’s time to acknowledge the elephant in the room. We’ve run into a bit of a sticky situation here at the Emerging Digital Academy headquarters (AKA: the Prairie Den), and…