Greater MN

We can interrupt the cycle of children aging up into homelessness, which is a problem in our state.

A new ‘preventing homelessness’ committee member asked a panel of ten people to reflect on when they could have made a choice differently to avoid homelessness. That was his idea of prevention. In 2020, 350 Minnesotans died outside. Some of them were babies.

People in the North are frustrated because they don’t feel like city people are talking about this at all, they don’t see it coming up in the newspapers — they only see the other kind of mining. And it’s pretty important.

Part of our 12-part series of Women in Politics

Founded in 2012 by a league of women invested in collective economic and community development, Sprout connects growers and eaters. After the operation grew too big for one farm, a facility was built with commercial-level amenities to support family-level farmers.

This type of community attracts people who value it. Our job is to nurture that so it continues.

Our American culture cultivates a belief that you want to make as much money as fast as possible.

Reprinted with permission from Minnesota Prairie Roots I have always cared about what is happening beyond my home in Faribault.

Volunteer drivers provide bridge to independence for elders

Instead of relying on governments, Indigenous scientists and allies gather water quality data themselves.

When I was six, I started a kindness project called This Life Rocks. At the time, my dad was recovering from his first cancer, and I was struggling with selective mutism.

It is not easy to access and maintain land, and Minnesota farmers — especially those of color and those who want to use sustainable practices — are struggling.