Xang Vang: From refugee to Minnesota farmer
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In 1983, Xang Vang became the first Hmong farmer to sell his vegetables at the St. Paul Farmers’ Market.
As Farm Bill stalls, McCollum and Ellison join call for Crystal Sugar to end lockout
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American Crystal Sugar appears to be losing favor in Congress at a time when the company needs it most.
An amazing dinner from Big River Slow Food benefits immigrant farmers
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I was brought into Big River Slow Food’s Minnesota Food Association and immigrant farmers benefit from my volunteer work with M Continue Reading
Raising hogs and chickens on a Minnesota family farm
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Jill Jones visits Prairie Pride Farms, south of Mankato, where the Hubmer family has been raising livestock for five generations. Continue Reading
Arts and sciences: University of Minnesota photographer’s work featured in Polish exhibit
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Can science be art? That’s the question academics at Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland are asking in an exhibition of photographs by University of Minnesota photographer David L.
What an expiring Farm Bill means to you
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It has always been an amusing pastime for agricultural policy wonks to envision what would happen if a Farm Bill was allowed to expire. Continue Reading
Organic bashers miss the point
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A recent Stanford University report shook up the foodie airwaves. Continue Reading
Permaculture Research Institute workshop educates on plants and soil
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While some of the University of Minnesota population donned maroon and gold gear to head to TCF Bank Stadium for the first home football game of the season, a small group gathered at Cornercopia St
Honey bees at Wolf Honey Farm
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Dale Wolf, in Baldwin, Wisconsin, has been gathering honey for over 42 years.
From hugelkultur to jalapeños: Celebrating urban agriculture in North Minneapolis
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Participants in the summer Youth Farm and Market program fixed food, shared recipes, did a couple of skits, heard from the Cookie Cart about their vegetable cookie recipe trials, and thanked their