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Food Policy and Sustainable Agriculture in the News ___College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences__Volume 16, Issue 6___November/December 2008 Food policy and sustainable agriculture in the news In his October 12th New York Times letter the_full_obama_interview/ visited the Twin Cities several times in the past year, and are working with several to the “Farmer in Chief”, Michael Pollan Will Allen of Growing Power receives Twin Cities area urban farming groups, lets the president-elect know that “food is MacArthur Fellow “Genius” grant about to demand your attention.” He goes including the Women’s Environmental on to state that “…you will need not simply A little closer to home—congratulations to Institute, Dream of Wild Health, and the to address food prices but to make the Will Allen, urban farmer and the founder Minnesota Food Association. A group of reform of the entire food system one of the of “Growing Power” in Milwaukee urban agriculture advocates have been highest priorities of your administration: (www.growingpower.org), and the “Growing meeting to explore promoting Growing unless you do, you will not be able to make Food and Justice for All Initiative”, who was Power-type neighborhood food systems in significant progress on the health care crisis, notified in late September that he is one of the Twin Cities. 25 MacArthur Fellows, or “genius grant” energy independence or climate change.” If And even closer to home: you haven’t yet read Michael Pollan’s 13- recipients for 2008. Will is only the second page “Farmer in Chief” letter, you can find farmer to be named a Fellow. Will uses a Congratulations to our own MISA student it at: www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/ holistic approach to grow food on less than intern, Megan Hines, who was crowned the magazine/12policy-t.html? two acres of land in north Milwaukee, and 2008 University of Minnesota scp=1&sq=Farmer%20in%20Chief&st=cse to promote novel food distribution Homecoming Queen! Megan is a junior channels. Growing Power uses low-cost majoring in Environmental Sciences – It’s received a lot of attention, including production methods—including use of Policy and Management with a minor in being mentioned by President-elect Barack raised beds, aquaculture, vermiculture, and Sustainability Studies on the Twin Cities Obama in an interview with Joe Klein of heating greenhouses through composting— campus. Megan also volunteers with Time Magazine. Complete transcript of to grow food for the community and for Renewing the Countryside, Obama’s interview with Joe Klein: http:// area restaurants. www.renewingthecountryside.org swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/23/ Will and staff from Growing Power have Conferences, conferences, conferences! As you get ready for winter, we expect Kirschenmann, organic farmer and “Winter Harvest Manual”. Seating is you’re pulling out your calendars and longtime leader in national and limited, and preregistration is required by making plans to attend the winter international sustainable agriculture will January 7, 2009. Please contact Mary Hanks conferences available to Minnesotans! Our deliver the second keynote. There will be at the Minnesota Department of conferences always bring in great speakers more than 30 breakout sessions on organic Agriculture for more information: 651-201- from various parts of the country, balanced production of crops, dairy, livestock, fruits 6277 or [email protected] with plenty of time to tap local expertise and vegetables, marketing, and many more Midwest Value Added Conference, January 22- and share information with other farmers. topics. For more information, go to: 23, 2009, Rochester This year is no exception! We highlight a www.mda.state.mn.us/food/organic/ few of the major conferences below, but conference.htm Farm and Home Added Value: Profiting from Renewable Energy and Regional check out the MISA calendar Eliot Coleman will lead a season extension Food. (www.misa.umn.edu) for more events and workshop prior to the conference: "Expand workshops. your zone - Extend your season," Thursday, The conference brings together farmers and The Minnesota Organic Conference & Trade January 15, 1:00 to 5:30 in St. Cloud. The ag folks to discuss topics like farm business Show, January 16-17, St. Cloud workshop will cover suitable crops, soils and management, marketing your products and on-farm bio energy options. Please join the This conference provides great information fertility management, tunnels and tunnel round table discussions, break out sessions about organic agriculture to excite construction, timing of plantings, yearly and general session speaker presentations. experienced organic producers as well as scheduling, and much more. There will be The keynote speaker will be Kate Clancy, people new to this farming system. Eliot plenty of time for discussion and questions. one of the nation's leading authorities on Coleman, a nationally renowned market The $50 registration fee for this one-day food systems. Kate has expertise in gardener and organic farmer from Maine course includes the workshop, afternoon break, and a copy of Eliot Coleman’s book, will deliver one keynote address, while Fred (Continued on page 2) (Continued from page 1) College, Northfield, MN. Joel Salatin, grass- the organic movement forward together. farmer, author and lecturer, will be the Learn from a community of over 2,000 sustainable agriculture, food policy, food keynote speaker and will close the event farmers, educators, and advocates. Share systems planning, and organic food. For with his address, “Everything I Want to Do best practices, enjoy incredible food, choose more information, go to: Is Illegal,” followed by a question and from over 60 informative and dynamic www.rivercountryrcd.org/valad.html or call answer session and reception. The SFA workshops and experience 130+ booths in River Country RC&D 715-834-9672. Annual Conference registration opens our exhibit hall! November 15, 2008. Visit www.sfa-mn.org Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota Keynote addresses will be given by Vandana for conference details, or contact Anne with Conference, February 21, Northfield Shiva, “Agriculture for Life: Beyond SFA at [email protected], 320- Industrial Farming & Globalised Mark your calendars for the Sustainable 226-6318. Farming Association of Minnesota’s 18th Agriculture" and Alan Greene, "Why Annual Conference on Saturday, Feb. 21, MOSES Organic Farming Conference, February Farmers Are My Heroes." For more 2009. The event is being held in Buntrock 26-28, 2009, La Crosse, Wisconsin. information, go to: www.mosesorganic.org Commons on the campus of St. Olaf Celebrating 20 YEARS of sharing or call 715-772-3153. knowledge, finding solutions, and moving Deadlines approaching for farmer-rancher grant applications! Don’t’ forget that those deadlines are prod.htm. Additional support materials, The Minnesota Department of Agriculture coming up for grants to support on-farm including a Spanish-language presentation Sustainable Agriculture grants are due innovative research and demonstration about the SARE farmer-rancher grants, can January 16, 2009. For information and a projects! be found at: http://www.misa.umn.edu/ 2009 application packet, go to: The North Central Region-Sustainable Application_Information2.html. For more www.mda.state.mn.us/about/divisions/ Agriculture Research and Education (NCR- information about the grants, contact Beth esap.htm . You can also contact Jeanne SARE) farmer-rancher grants are due Nelson, Minnesota State SARE Ciborowski, Grant Program Coordinator, December 1, 2008. Application materials Coordinator, 612-625-8217 or Energy & Sustainable Agriculture Program, can be found at: www.sare.org/ncrsare/ [email protected] . [email protected], 651-201- 6217. Wholesale Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Selling, Post Harvest Handling, and Packing Produce Now that the busy harvest season is over for the capacity of Midwest farmers to meet the $80.00 plus s&h . You can view the Table many, you might actually have time to read burgeoning demand for local food. It of Contents and Introduction, and find through some of the great new materials includes comprehensive sections on issues ordering information at: and information resources that have been such as Building Relationships with Buyers, www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/news/newsrele developed in the past year! “Wholesale Food Safety, and Calculating Return in ase_postharvest_handling_resources.html. Success” is a 174-page manual produced by Investment. It also includes 63 crop profiles A copy is also available in the MISA office FamilyFarmed.org staff and 9 authors, as that give specific harvesting, cooling, (413 Hayes Hall, St. Paul campus) if you’d well as a 27-member steering committee storage, and packing information on most like to page through it! consisting of leading farmers, retailers, of the fruits and vegetables grown in the distributors, academics, and NGO leaders. Midwest. The manual is available from the The goal of “Wholesale Success” is to build Michael Fields Agricultural Institute for High tunnel workshop The first frost may have ended your growing The 2008 Minnesota High Tunnel/Season Minnesota researchers will address topics season this year, but there are ways to be Extension Conference, December 4-5 in ranging from interplanting and unique picking tomatoes in October, even in Alexandria, will highlight opportunities for crops in high tunnels to economics of high Minnesota! High tunnels are an efficient season extension in our region. Details and tunnel production and soil
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