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Tag Archive for: Food

Immigrant Kitchen’s Ukrainian Dinner

Immigrant Kitchen, a ticketed dinner series created by the nonprofit BIPOC Foodways Alliance, hosted in July its first of five free dinner events this year. Founder Mecca Bos’s mission for the program is “to create unity between cultural communities using food as a tool,” highlighting authentic cuisine cooked by women of that culture.

Katie Chin: Honoring Her Mother’s Legacy While Paving Her Own

“My mother seemed immortal,” Chin narrates in her show. “A kitchen warrior, who conquered every hardship with grace and determination, always at the ready to stir fry in case of emergency.”

Four Minnesotans Who Want to Transform School Food Policy

A proposed bill would enable Minnesota students to have access to climate-friendly meal options by the 2027–28 school year, by supporting one nutritionally complete plant-based breakfast and lunch option daily. Illinois accomplished a similar timeline in 2023.

Sprouting From Roots Around Little Falls

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.

Equity — What Advocates Are Asking of Minnesota Legislators

Our February Changemakers Alliance (CALL) conversations were with dozens of advocates and members who represent priorities in housing, mental health, and restorative ecosystems of people and land.

Climate Underground: A Visual Story

Former Vice President Al Gore led a conversation about…

Turtle Island Stories: The Sustainable Agriculture Movement

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.

The Hidden Costs of Food

Something has to change in the way that modern society produces and consumes food.

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.

Minnesota’s History of Co-ops

Today Minnesota is home to a network of 45 co-ops, working with more than 200 organic farms.

In the News: November 2021

Food costs, lab-developed beef, Towerside energy vision, food system books