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Bud Markhart’s Sustainable Legacy

June 28, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
agriculture policy, beginning farmers, Bud Markhart, horticulture, immigrant farmers, land grant, Northern Gardener, organic agriculture, sustainable agriculture, U of M Horticulture Department, University of Minnesota, urban agriculture

The sustainable agriculture community lost a true friend this week when Bud Markhart passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. I had the opportunity to interview Markhart last fall for an…
Himle Resigns—Now What?

December 10, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Karen Himle, land grant, sustainable agriculture research, Troubled Waters, University of Minnesota

The announcement today that the U of M official who tried to pull the plug on Troubled Waters has resigned is an important step toward accountability at our land grant University. Karen…