Cropland area nearly doubled in South America between 2000 and 2019 - the largest relative increase in the world. Soybean production replaced rainforests, grasslands & savannas. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14962... As China refuses U.S. soybeans, this puts more pressure on natural ecosystems.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

A farmworker died last week after sustaining injuries during a chaotic raid on a California farm. In an op-ed, Vanessa Trujano reflects on a lesson she learned as a young farmworker: “America values immigrant labor more than actual immigrants, & so we must recognize our own worth.”

EPNI did not receive $5.7 mil promised to complete our current purchase agreement with Minneapolis. We've secured the other $10.2 million, but now face a big obstacle to closing as planned this fall.

Join us on 6/18 to learn more & find the path forward. Statement: www.epnifarm.org/news/state-f...

As Trump tells ICE to hold off raids in ag/meatpacking, damage has already been done.

"Fear is one of the tactics as the federal government cracks down on immigration, and in Worthington, Minn., a meatpacking town of 14,000, it appears to be working"

www.startribune.com/in-worthingt...

WILL CANCEL YOUR PERMIT: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency gives East Side's Northern Iron metal foundry until May 8 to cough up data and comply with its own "building capture" emissions program. Otherwise... permit canceled? www.twincities.com/2025/04/24/m...

Regime orders 40 Northeastern students, alumni to self deport, or else
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Cargill complained about a state employee’s ‘unprofessional’ tone. He was fired. minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/07/c...

A few days after an international student was detained by immigration authorities, five other students at Minnesota State University, Mankato have seen their student visas terminated.

NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.

1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.

A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.

Axios confirms the rumors I'd been hearing: 3 ST Paul CMs, led by Jost, are pushing to change rent control exemptions. CM Kim is the lead opponent of the change. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Macalester students voted to form the first undergraduate student worker union in Minnesota. It was also one of the largest private sector union elections in the state in decades. minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/27/1...

GBH meekly kisses the presidential ring
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#Boston

USDA has already scrubbed their website of many pages that mention climate change. The page that used to have tons of info about climate-smart conservation practices including the CSAF mitigation practice list used to send farmers IRA funding is completely down. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

I am extremely disturbed by the news that the University of Minnesota will be complying with ICE immigration orders. Schools should be a protected space for students, and this is another unacceptable byproduct of the Trump Administration. 

Northeastern promptly shows its belly to the Trump administration: Scrubs "diversity" references from its Web sites
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Richest 1% of Minnesota families own nearly one third of the wealth minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/28/r...

"MnDOT might be a climate defeatist, but the rest of us aren't. We deserve a project that takes bold action and lives up to its namesake. Let's commit ourselves to rethinking and reimagining I-94 together."

www.startribune.com/mndots-clima...