Minnesota Women's Press

Tag Archive for: Farming

Turtle Island Stories: The Sustainable Agriculture Movement

11/21/2021

By doing this work, Harvest Nation assumes a receiving role within the large movement known as Rematriation, the returning of seeds to their mother land to be reunited with the earth and its people.

Shaping a New System: Editor’s Letter and TOC

10/27/2021

Americans put a lot of energy and political investment into an inflated capitalist system that is only a sliver of how our communities work.

Agriculture at the Center of Change

10/27/2021

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

10/27/2021

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

10/27/2021

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

Talking About Healthy Ecosystems

10/27/2021

I really hope we realize that we cannot wait for some catastrophic event to respond.

Kathy Draeger: From Urban Center to Rural Remote

09/10/2021

“This has been a grand adventure in farming, family, and community. Our goals included land and habitat restoration, clean energy, carbon sequestration, and healthy free-range kids."

Weeds, Words & Wisdom: An Intergenerational Conversation

07/29/2021

We put three of our favorite environmental activists and policy advocates in the same virtual room together for a conversation. Here is what former Rep. Karen Clark, Women's Environmental Institute co-founder Jacqueline Zita, and sustainable agriculture student and activist Priscilla Trinh talked about in June 2021.