Farming, learning, traveling with Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm

By Sylvia Burgos, From the Bronx to the Barn

After a long, long winter, the sun was finally showing its face again when Erin Schneider and I chatted during this Deep Roots Radio interview. Her attitude - about farming, on-farm research, and learning from peers in Africa - was as welcoming as the warming weather. And maybe it's that quality that draws visitors to the farm she's building with her husband, Rob McClure in LaValle, Wisconsin.

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Real price of sand in Wisconsin: Political spending, impaired property values and tourist activity

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

St. Paul documentary filmmaker Jim Tittle was one of the first to take a close look at "The Price of Sand" when he learned in 2011 that energy production company Windsor Permian bought land near his parents' home in Goodhue County's Hay Creek Township, but isn't the last person asking that question.

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Corn planting sends tremors through bee country

By Brian DeVore, Loon Commons

Sometimes laboratory science and the reality of what’s happening on the ground intersect in a graphic way. That’s what struck me this morning as I was watching a video shot by Minnesota beekeeper Steve Ellis on May 7.

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Invasive bugs and beetles ravenous and ready as spring arrives

By Gail Olson, Northeaster

After devastating losses of elm trees—and in anticipation of future losses of ash trees—Minneapolis Park Board staff has begun planting mixed groupings on city boulevards, including Kentucky coffee, maples, honey locust, and disease resistant elms. (Photo by Gail Olson)

The emerald ash borer has arrived in Northeast, Dutch elm disease never left, and the next fearsome pest on the horizon just might be the Asian longhorn beetle, big as the first joint on a human thumb, with antennae that measures two inches across. That beetle, by the way, isn’t so fussy about its diet and shows a fondness for many different types of trees.

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Minneapolis' Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota reclaims cultural wisdom in respecting the earth

By Jamal Denman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

In today’s high-tech, hustle and bustle society, it is hard to imagine anyone taking the time to consider the impact their lifestyles have on the planet we all live on. It is even less likely for those in challenging economic situations, who spend most of their time dealing with immediate burdens such as making sure their family has enough food to eat and the rent is paid, to take a moment and think about how their decisions on what to eat and how they live affect the earth.

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House gives Legacy bill final stamp of approval

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Daily

First scheduled for floor debate four weeks ago, the House gave the omnibus legacy bill its final stamp of approval Monday afternoon, voting 77-57 to re-pass HF1183*/ SF1051 that would appropriate $496.1 million to fund dozens of arts, parks, trails and natural resources projects during the upcoming biennium.

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OPINION | Five threats to Minnesota waters

By Christina Motilall, Minnesota 2020

Even in frozen February, it is easy to see why Minnesota is so proud of our 11,842 lakes (yep, that is the actual number) and our 6,564 rivers and streams. Minnesotans from all walks of life enjoy our waters in a multitude of ways, bringing us together for decades.

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Climate change activism in Minneapolis, and fracking

By Greg Laden, Minnesota Progressive Project

I had an interesting experience last night that I thought MN Progressive Project readers would like to hear about, and the best way to do this is to cross post something I wrote on my science blog, so that’s below.

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