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Thirty-year research demonstrates that organic agriculture CAN feed the world
Skeptics claim the world would starve if farmers were to depend on organic practices. Not so says a new report from Rodale Institute, a name and force in organic agriculture and gardening for over 60 years. You may be familiar with a couple of its publications, Organic Gardening and Prevention Magazine.MORE »
I hereby declare Boom Island Brewing to be NoMi's best beer
Over on Get to NoMi, we've been promoting local businesses, including the startup Boom Island Brewing. We've all been promoting the place, but I'm not sure if anyone has actually tried their beer. So I took it upon myself to do just that. Such is the sacrifice that I am willing to undertake on behalf of my community.MORE »
Rice County's struggle to provide food and health-care benefits for needy
On the heels of a recent MinnPost story about a statewide public information campaign to inform Minnesotans about who is eligible for Food Support benefits , I received an intriguing email from Janet Lewis Muth, who works with the poor in Rice County, just south of LakMORE »
Transitioning from dependency
What if we couldn’t rely on world-wide transportation to bring us our food, or fossil fuels for transport and heat? We have the tools right here.MORE »
Chowgirls Killer Catering: When artsy people cook
I’ve noticed that people in the food business like to talk about food. The thing is, they also like to talk about music, and painting, and design, and film, and literature. You scratch a chef, you find an artist. So if these people are artists in some other medium, why do they end up in the kitchen?
I have one theory. Let’s say you're making a film, and you spend five years and many thousands of dollars to make it, and then it’s ready to “serve.” You tell people it’s done, and they say, “Oh, finally. Can I watch it on YouTube or something?” (This is just a random example. I’m not bitter, really.) See, no one says that to a chef. In the food business, you create your work, you tell people how much it costs, they pay you that amount, and everybody’s happy.MORE »
MONDAY PICK | Get iced at the Caribou Highlands Lodge
I'm always a sucker for a good ice bar, so I feel compelled to inform you that there are not one but two currently operating at Caribou Highlands Lodge in Lutsen—where those hard-core skiiers who don't want to warm up even when they're not on the slope can meet the lodge-lovers who will venture into subzero temps only when there's a drink involved. There's the intimate Moguls Ice Bar, and then there's the magnificent BLU Ice Bar, a full bar made out of 60,000 pounds of ice. There's even a theme—Lake Superior lighthouses—and an "aurora borealis wall." Kitsch it while you can: there's no guarantee the ice bars will be open past March 31.
A healthy, nonpartisan caucus
There is general excitement in the Red Wing area about the startup of the Riverbend Market Co-op, which has been a carefully developed community food system linking consumers with producers.MORE »
Tell Mpls City Council by March 1 to support market gardens
The Minneapolis City Council will be voting on the complete Urban Ag Text Amendments on March 1 during the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting. As we’ve reported here before, these text amendments are an important step toward making urban farming a key part of the city’s fabric.MORE »
Anyone want a Summit Hill community garden? - February 28th meeting
The SHA Environment Committee is in the exploration stages of planning a community garden for Summit Hill/District 16. The intent is to create a garden with multiple garden plots that would be available to both renters and homeowners. The location under consideration at this time is at Linwood Park, along St. Clair Avenue, immediately west of the tennis courts.MORE »
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