Saint Paul, MN – January 30, 2015 – Twenty-nine Minnesota environmental and conservation organizations delivered a letter today to Governor Mark Dayton, praising his leadership in proposing expansion of perennial… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: January 2015
Crop Insurance: Let the New Generation of Farmers In
By Jim VanDerPol The Land Stewardship Project recently published a three-part expose of the federal crop insurance program. The white papers are titled: “Crop Insurance-the Corporate Connection,” “Crop Insurance Ensures… Read more »
A Little Dirty History
The United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. That’s fitting, given how reliant the entire world is on keeping our soil in place, as… Read more »
Climate Minnesota: Local Stories, Community Solutions
The Will Steger Foundation is excited to launch Climate Minnesota: Local Stories, Community Solutions, a two-year project funded through the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Climate Minnesota responds… Read more »
Forever Green: Alternative, off-season crops could benefit economy as well as ecology
By Julie Lund of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (CFANS). Posted on CFANS website: http://www.cfans.umn.edu/about/solutions/forever-green Minnesota has 27 million acres of farmland dominated… Read more »
MEP sign-on letter: Governor urge support for Clean Water Council recommendations
This is a sign-on letter sent from the MEP member groups to Governor Mark Dayton. December 23, 2014Office of the Governor and Lt. Governor116 Veterans Service Building20 West 12th… Read more »
Legacy Funds lead to tangible results on the North Shore’s Knife River
What would happen if we had all the money we needed for clean lakes, clean rivers, and vital habitat? In Minnesota, that’s not just wishful thinking, it’s a real strategic… Read more »