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Lakeville publisher joins effort to get agricultural instruction to Africa

The group Books For Africa has enlisted the help of a Minnesota company in getting ag education to Africa. The Finney Company, which has a branch specializing in agricultural books, will help send libraries to African schools and government agencies. It's patterned after a program in which Thomson Reuters sent law books to Africa.
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The group Books For Africa has enlisted the help of a Minnesota company in getting ag education to Africa. The Finney Company, which has a branch specializing in agricultural books, will help send libraries to African schools and government agencies. It's patterned after a program in which Thomson Reuters sent law books to Africa.

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