AgriNews Article on Hillside Farmers Cooperative
Just saw this article that Heather Thorstensen of AgriNews recently wrote about our work in Southern Minnesota. Here is the link to the article.
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Community Outreach Partnership Gets off to a Good Start
In partnership with the program Achieve Ownership headed by Umbelina Treviño Cremer at the Three Rivers Community Action in Rochester, and Diana Lobo a Northfield based real state agent the Rural...
View ArticleNew Agripreneur Training Materials Added
I posted Kate Taylor’s “goodbye Minnesota” note as she finished her work with the Rural Enterprise Center. The final product of her work includes three video recordings intended as complementary...
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Adjusting the Load
As a child growing up back in Guatemala, I worked in the fields with my father, uncles and my brothers. Our land, is still in the family under the care of my youngest brother Elias. It is located about...
View ArticleRedefining the Role of Minorities in Sustainable Food, Agriculture and...
I will be tackling this issue this coming Saturday at the former Resource Center of the Americas from the perspective of the work that we do at the Rural Enterprise Center. If you come, be prepared to...
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Building Support Infrastructure for the Long Haul
We often talk about support infrastructure as a key component of success in a systems change approach, no matter the target, the support infrastructure is critical. Last week we had a tremendous...
View ArticleTestimony to the Agriculture and Rural Economics Committee
Last February 14th, Senator Julie A. Rosen of Senate District 24 introduced S.F. No. 1713 -Immigrant and Minority Microloan program to the Agriculture and Rural Economics committee. I was invited to...
View ArticleGrow a Farmer Fund campaign kicks off
The Grow a Farmer Fund campaign, a partnership between Main Street Project, Just Food Cooperative and Renewing the Countryside this campaign is getting going with local attention growing. The...
View ArticleFuture Tense, a conversation about food and agriculture, climate change and...
Just finished participating as a panelist at the New America Foundation’s Future Tense event. A fascinating, practical, high paced one day conversation on food and agriculture systems as we enter the...
View ArticleThe Quest for Food Justice in the Face of Finite Resources
I recently participated at a panel organized by Slate Magazine and the New America Foundation with other key partners. The videos are now organized according to the panels and here is the one to the...
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