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Representatives of the Italian milling industry are visiting North Dakota to learn more about hard red spring wheat, the state's staple crop.   The North Dakota Wheat Commission says the Italian team includes a representative of the largest spring wheat broker in Italy and also officials with medium-size, family owned milling companies in th...

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The Italian ambassador to the United States visited North Dakota for the first time Wednesday, stopping at the University of Mary to share his vision for trade potential between the two nations and highlight cultural exchanges.   Claudio Bisogniero told dozens gathered in the U-Mary business school auditorium that Italy needs economic growth...

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The North Dakota State soccer team has been out of the United States from March 12-20, touring Italy and San Marino. The Bison practiced, competed, learned how to make pizza and ate lots of gelato throughout their foreign trip.   NDSU freshman forward Britney Monteon was kind enough to share her and the team's experiences with a daily blog p...

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Pizza is an Italian specialty, but the secret ingredient may be U.S. hard red spring wheat. In fact, Italy is Europe's largest importer of U.S. hard red spring wheat, and six Italians are heading to Montana, Minnesota and North Dakota August 2 to 9, 2014, to investigate this year's crop as part of a U.S. Wheat Associates trade team.   The te...

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As the sun lowers in the sky, the sounds of laughter and conversation are heard inside the Downtown Plaza - the kind of energy that can only be generated from those sharing a hearty meal together.   Nestled within the Plaza is a small 12 table restaurant, Cugini Italian Bistro. Candle lit tables and bistro-style decor creates an intimate amb...

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Italian immigrants entered the Great Plains first as missionaries (Fra Marco da Nizza, 1495-1558 and Eusebio Francisco Kino, 1645-1711 were two) and later as adventurers ( Count Leonetto Cipriani, 1816-1888 and Italian American Charles Siringo, 1855-1928, for example). Since Italy was not a unified country until the Risorgimento (1860-70), early tr...

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by Ivan Shumkov   The North American renewables arm of Italian energy group Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL) has begun construction work on the 150-MW Lindahl wind project in the US state of North Dakota, its first one there.   Enel Green Power North America Inc (EGPNA) expects to complete the USD-220-million (EUR 194m) project by 2017, according...

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Alex Malone may be the bravest man in America. By day, the 26-year-old is a scientist in Fargo, N.D. By night, he eats pasta. All of the pasta.   Malone is one of the few to score the coveted $100 Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion from Olive Garden. With the help of an egg-cellent pun — All of Garden — he's begun blogging his 49-da...

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