Serving grains and legumes the Farm to School way

New school meal standards set by the federal Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act have been getting a lot of press lately. To provide healthier meals, the bill upped requirements for servings of whole grains and legumes. Farm to School programs are one way to meet this requirement while taking advantage of healthy, regionally grown products and supporting local farmers.

Midwest Bioeconomy and Safer Products Summit: Regional Innovations Solving Global Problems

February 19th, 2015

Hosted by the Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum Keynote: Kate Heiny, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Target Other participants include: Aveda, Best Buy, Earth Clean, MN Fire Fighters Association, BioAmber, Segetis, Peapods, Metro IRB, Forge HydroCarbons, re:CHEM, Naturepedic, Healthy Legacy, and more. When: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 from 8am – 4:30pm Where: Pohland Hall (2nd floor), Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401 More information at: http://greenchemistrymn.org/conference In its fifth year, the Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum

Money out, voters in

About 200 people gathered in Lafayette Square outside of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in D.C. on Wednesday to profess loudly and clearly that our democracy is not for sale.

Environmental groups opposition to fast track

January 21, 2015 Dear Member of Congress: As leading U.S. environmental and science organizations, we write to express our strong opposition to “fast track” trade promotion authority and to urge you to oppose any legislation that would limit the ability of Congress to ensure that trade pacts deliver benefits for communities, workers, public health, and the environment.
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