Business
7th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmer Conference
For 4 years now we have attended the Immigrant and Minority Farmer Conference. Our alma mater (so to speak) Minnesota Food Association is one of the host organizations of this conference that in a very real way changed our lives. I remember 4 years ago being so nervous and really clueless about most things agricuutural.MORE »
Session's first vetoes draw Republican ire
Gov. Mark Dayton’s veto of four tort reform bills, promoted by the Republicans as needed to improve the state’s business climate, dominated legislative leaders’ Friday media availability.MORE »
Future of Ford site up in the air
What will fill one hundred and twenty-two acres of prime real estate overlooking the Mississippi River in Highland Park, where the Ford assembly plant operated from 1924 until December 16, 2011? The Ford Motor Company owns the property and is now looking to sell it to a developer.MORE »
Minneapolis helps Muslim businesses follow Sharia law
In 2005, Afrik Grocery and Halal Meat on Cedar Avenue needed to expand. Owner Abdi Adem, who operates his business under Sharia law, needed to find a loan that funded the expansion and complied with his religious beliefs.
Finding the loan was easier than he expected.MORE »
New apartments push out small businesses around University
The growing number of luxury apartments around the University of Minnesota campus is drawing concern from small businesses in the area.
The high rent rates of commercial space in buildings like Sydney Hall and 1301 University Ave. have ousted a number of local business, said Skott Johnson, president of the Dinkytown Business Association.MORE »
What do cattle branding, food safety, electronic ear-tags and grass-fed beef have to do with one another?
Some think the answer is "not a heck of a whole lot," but others are pushing for the connections.MORE »
Superior Plating says goodbye
On Feb. 1, a federal bankruptcy judge is scheduled to hear Superior Plating’s request to sell some of its equipment and chemicals. In the past two weeks, the last few orders made their way out the door, and a few employees stayed around to ensure a clean and orderly shutdown, even though that might cost them opportunities to secure other jobs.MORE »
Chicks arrive
I had planned on writing about the amazing Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference I attended for the 4th year in a row and this year presented at. But that will have to wait till Friday because I am brimming with news about the chicks.
Good practices
Somewhere in Brazil there is a piglet who has been squealing for her Minnesota swill.MORE »
Changing the rules, mid-game
Imagine you’re a business owner, looking to construct a new building on property you’ve owned for many years. You spend several months and tens of thousands of dollars planning it. Finally, you submit your land use application to the city.MORE »
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