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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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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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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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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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House, Senate pass omnibus environment, agriculture bill

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Several controversial fee increases were removed during the conference committee process, but the omnibus environment, natural resources and agriculture finance and policy bill still received several hours of criticism on the House floor Saturday evening before being passed by a 71-60 vote. Passed 42-23 by the Senate about 90 minutes later, the bill now goes to the governor.

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Minnesota legislature to trout and citizens: Drop dead; New report challenges WI happy mining job numbers

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

A frac sand industry-friendly compromise has been reached in the Minnesota legislature over mining near trout streams. Meanwhile, a new report commissioned and published by the Wisconsin Farmers Union, the Wisconsin Towns Association and the Minneapolis-based IATP suggests that industrial sand mining falls short as an engine of job creation.

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Minneapolis Downtown East development: The Yard, and the Vikings stadium

By David Levinson, Streets.MN

In a veritable bacchanalia of developments, we have seen three major inter-related activities in Minneapolis’s Downtown East:

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Let's stop calling people "NIMBYs"

By Nick Magrino, Streets.MN

In my first post here, I come to you, oh humble readers of streets.mn, hoping to change your mind about one of the trendy words we urbanists throw around too often.

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Fresh Forks, two-month bicycle tour of Mississippi River, to spur community dialogue on farms

By Hailey Colwell, The Minnesota Daily

Recent University graduates Siri Simons and Christy Newell will be biking the length of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Itasca this summer. Along the way, they will visit a number of different cities and farms so that they can discuss new ideas, educate young people about food, and encourage them to be interested in agriculture and farming. (Photo by Jaak Jensen)

University of Minnesota alumna Siri Simons used to daydream in class about biking the Mississippi River Trail to gather stories from farmers about the future of farming in the Midwest.

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Debt buyer judgment data requirement passes House

By Mike Cook, Session Weekly/Session Daily

A debt buyer who purchases consumer debt may be required to provide certain evidence when seeking a default judgment from a conciliation or district court.

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