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Shopping Thoughtfully: Gift-Giving From Local Entrepreneurs

Including the start of a gift-giving guide featuring local social justice-oriented entrepreneurs. Add your own recommendations.

Agriculture at the Center of Change

Our state has 54 million acres of landscape — nearly 26 million of which is agricultural. That large agricultural base has a climate impact.

Dani Pieratos, Harvest Nation

Our aeroponic farming system is designed to grow food in 90 percent less space than regular soil farming, with 90 percent less water and nutrients.

Q&A With Angela Dawson, 40 Acre Co-op

There are significant gaps in capitalizing and sustaining farmers in my community, and a co-op structure helps fill the huge gap.

The Pet Rescue Crisis

"We are seeing mass releases of animals."

Local Dough: A Values-Based Investment Club

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We believe any investment in Wall Street relies on the extraction of fossil fuels, human costs, and destabilizing the planet

Public Safety Solutions in Saint Paul

The nuance is a shift from centering the responder to one that anchors on a specific challenge or impetus for a call and honors the value of specialized training.

Educating Afghan Girls

With a teacher, a net connection, and information-filled digital devices tucked safely in the palms of their sweet little hands, who could stop these girls from learning?

Welcoming Afghans for the Long Haul

Michele Garnett McKenzie In a Minnesota hotel last week,…

Gender-based Violence Resources

Resources recommended by our writers for assistance, action, and learning.

Powered by the Wind

Minnesota ranks seventh in the country for wind energy generation, which in 2020 accounted for 22 percent of the state’s total energy generation.

Building Wildfire Resiliency

Ironically, the practices that have kept fire off the landscape are now creating an environment primed for catastrophic wildfire to occur.