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Sep 4, 2012

Digging your farmer during Farm to School Month

JoAnne Berkenkamp

September is Farm to School Month in Minnesota, so treat yourself to some delectable locally grown foods and thank your farmer. In 2011, Governor Dayton officially proclaimed September to be Farm to School Month and this year, more schools than ever are participating.

Digging your farmer during Farm to School Month

Aug 31, 2012

A Climate-smart Idea?

This piece is a summary of a longer, more in-depth piece by Doreen Stabinsky entitled Soil Carbon and the Offset Market: Practices, Players and Politics

Aug 30, 2012

After the flood: A beginning farmer on the front lines of extreme weather

Erin McKee VanSlooten

In mid-June, beginning farmer and former IATP staff member Dayna Burtness was delivering her farm’s vegetables to clients in Minneapolis when she got the call: the rain that had started at mid-day had not let up for hours.  Things were looking bad back at Laughing Loon Farm.

Aug 29, 2012

The drought and public health-What are the connections?

Mark Muller

You’ve surely heard about the worst drought in a generation that is devastating farmers throughout the Midwest and Great Plains. Many of us may have brown lawns and suffering gardens, but besides these inconveniences, how does the drought impact the rest of us who are not farming? Here’s a brief rundown.

Aug 24, 2012

Policymakers are AWOL on agricultural challenges

Mark Muller

We are in the midst of the worst U.S. drought since the 1950s, and some regions are to the point of the Dust Bowl-era 1930s. As expected, prices of corn, soybeans and wheat have increased significantly, causing a rise in food prices and putting a difficult squeeze on many livestock farmers.

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