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Jun 25, 2019

Farm to Summer feeds Minnesota children

Katie Costello

School meals are an important source of nutrition for kids, even during the summer. The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals to children during the summer months, and some Minnesota schools are taking advantage of the growing season to incorporate locally grown fruits and vegetables into summer meals.

Jun 24, 2019

Market Risk Advisory Committee meeting agenda item on Climate Related Financial Risk

Dr. Steve Suppan

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Jun 17, 2019

New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals

Sharon Anglin Treat

With 34 chapters, 13 Annex agreements, 14 side letters and nearly 2,000 pages of text, you wouldn’t think there could be a consistent theme across the entirety of the New NAFTA, also known in the U.S. as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Jun 16, 2019

Agroecology: Key to agricultural resilience and ecosystem recovery

Shefali Sharma

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

The IPCC gives us 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5˚C. The IPBES Global Assessment has revealed that nearly a million species are on the verge of disappearance at an unprecedented rate of extinction.

Jun 6, 2019

Monocultures of the Genetically Modified Mind: My Surreal Encounter with Monsanto in Mexico

I was surprised to find seed giant Monsanto almost everywhere I went to research my book, Eating Tomorrow. But my closest encounter came early, during a five-hour meeting in 2014 with six Monsanto executives in the company’s high-rise office in Mexico. Monsanto and other seed companies were trying to open Mexico to genetically modified corn.

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