FEAST fosters local growers, sustainable food
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Locally grown and locally sourced foods are making a real comeback, not only at co-op groceries but on chefs’ menus, in public school lunches and at mainstream grocery stores.
Twin Cities retail janitors announce Black Friday strike deadline
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Outside a Home Depot in Richfield, Minnesota, members of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) announced a strike deadline of November 28, “Black Friday,” for retail janitors who work for cleaning companies throughout the Twin Cities area.
Eat local, save the planet
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While climate change is typically associated with power plants, rising sea levels, or melting glaciers, an often overlooked yet important piece of the issue is our food system – agriculture is at the same time a cause, victim, and potential solution to climate change, depending on the way we grow and transport food from the fields to our plates.
Serious dough: Twin Cities launches first Donut Crawl
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Angie King just wanted to do something fun with her friends on the weekend. So, a few years ago she invited about ten people to go on a local donut crawl. After spreading the word via social media, King and some friends held their first official donut crawl.
Open data opens opportunities for small business
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You know it’s holiday shopping season when the toy commercials start popping up to lure toddlers, Thanksgiving dinner has to be moved up so shoppers can get to the mall and small business owners remind the shopping public of their unique merchandise and contributions to the main street economy. Continue Reading
The impending decline of second-ring suburbs
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There is a small war going on in America’s second-ring suburbs. Continue Reading
VIDEO: Obama urges FCC to adopt rules protecting net neutrality
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President Obama is asking the Federal Communications Commission to change the classification of the Internet to a telecommunications service…which is a wonky way of saying he wants them to protect net neutrality.
Brewing success: Deb Loch and Jill Pavlak work fast and furious to keep up with demand at Urban Growler Brewing Co.
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What can happen if you put a go-getter together with a careful planner, add hops and let steep? You might get Urban Growler Brewing Co.
OPINION | Mississippi Market breaks ground in Dayton’s Bluff with new goals
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On Monday, October 13, Mississippi Market broke ground on their new store at the old Hospital Linen site at Maple and East 7th Street. This momentous occasion follows months of community meetings with topics spanning from the design of the building and new jobs, all the way to equity and diversity of their staff. Not only has Mississippi Market been actively engaged in building community partnerships prior to formally purchasing the property, they have also hired Diversity and Equity Consultant Lisa Tabor, owner of CultureBrokers® LLC, to help move their staff, training programs, and company policies to reflect their commitment to being a store that resembles the communities they are in.
Food-to-booze ratios hit the polls
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Minneapolis voters will decide on Election Day whether to repeal a decades-old rule requiring that some restaurants make no more than 30 percent of their income from alcohol sales.