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Agriculture

Slow Food slow to catch on

You've heard of fast food. How about slow food? Slow Food is an international movement that focuses on cooking and eating at a leisurely pace. Its members believe in supporting small-scale food production, local farmers and reviving regional food traditions. While there are 65,000 members worldwide the movement is taking off rather slowly in Minnesota. There's about a hundred members in the state. But they say there is growing interest.

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Feedlot "encyclopedia" hits the shelves

Work is almost complete on what may be the largest study ever attempted of animal feedlots. Minnesota farmers, government officials, and environmental groups all had a role in designing the report, which has taken four years and cost $3 million.

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Ventura begins final foreign journey as governor

Gov. Jesse Ventura is spending the next three days participating in the U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition in Havana. The governor and leaders from several prominent Minnesota companies say the island nation presents a new market for the state's farmers, but Ventura's visit has drawn criticisms from Bush administration officials who say he's only lending legitimacy to Fidel Castro's government.

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Wild rice at the center of a cultural dispute.

Minnesota researchers are trying to make wild rice a more productive crop for farmers. American Indians see the research as the theft of a plant they consider sacred.

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Flood aid passes after rocky start

What leaders thought would be speedy special session to approve a $31.8 million bailout package for flooded areas of northern Minnesota dragged on Thursday after a legislator tried to help farmers in the south. The bill eventually passed both houses unanimously.

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Selling Out to ADM?

Farmers vote soon on whether to sell the state's largest ethanol plant to Archer Daniels Midland.

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Farmers helping farmers

For 11 years, Partners in Progress has helped farmers in the Dakotas and northwest Minnesota stay on the land. Farmers, bankers, and retirees all chip in cash and expertise to help farmers climb out of debt.

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Funds to help immigrant farmers are cut

The new farm bill cuts funding for the minority farm outreach program, which has helped some immigrants start farming operations in Minnesota.

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