Minnesota farms battle with record-low profitability
It’s a tough time to be a farmer. Last year Minnesota farms earned a median net income of $26,055, down 8% from the previous year. It was the lowest median farm income in the past 23 years of data tracked by the University of Minnesota. “Agriculture is a very...
Princess Kay and the Butter Queens
“I’ve always loved princesses,” says Amy Kyllo, a blonde teenager from Minnesota who has just won a beauty pageant – with a difference. Kyllo was named 2019’s “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” at the Minnesota State Fair, a title given every year to a dairy...
Changes in climate demand change in action
Minneapolis: Climate change is not fake news. U.S. President Donald Trump may have skipped the G-7 meeting in France over climate change, but cannot avoid the reality of destruction he is staring into as Hurricane Dorian descends on the Caribbean and country. This...
When trade wars set the price, farmers can only hope for a late frost
The Great Minnesota Get-Together is definitely a unique experience, no matter your age, background or expectations. “All you can drink” milk for $2 (milk is Minnesota’s official state drink), wool on a stick (you can use it to dust) and competitions for the largest...Old Ely vs New Ely: a mining project divides a small town in Northern Minnesota
At a gathering in the living room of a cabin hidden in a pine forest, the fracture in Ely’s community of about 3,500 residents is hard to perceive. All the attendees of the potluck – from the woman who brought the pork ribs to the couple with the apple cake – saw the...
Staff writer at @TheAtlantic & WPI board member James Fallows wrote this piece on press coverage of Trump.
(He’ll also be our speaker for 2 upcoming webinars about the 2020 U.S. presidential election, 10/13, 10AM EST & 11/10, 10AM EST. Save the dates!)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/media-mistakes/616222/
Nice to see Al-Jazeera picked up some of my @dpa_intl report this morning over the #TRESemme furore here in #SouthAfrica https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1302951892931182592