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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.
The Spread of Soy in South America
Grasslands, savannas, and dry forests have become popular places to grow soy.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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.”
Our country does not value the people who help build, feed, and sustain it
ICE raids of farms are a cruel reminder that the U.S. has long devalued immigrant labor, while also being wholly incapable of surviving without it
prismreports.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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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...
EPNI’s Statement on State Funding Loss — East Phillips Neighborhood Institute
While the state legislature’s decision to cut local funding—again—poses a significant obstacle, EPNI remains steadfast on the path to secure the Roof Depot site for community stewardship, to meet our ...
www.epnifarm.org
June 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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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...
In Worthington, fear becomes a fixture of immigrant lives as feds crack down
Tensions rise nationally over the Trump administration’s sweeps, and immigrants living and working in small cities like Worthington are staying home, feeling isolated.
www.startribune.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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...
MPCA sets May 8 deadline or it may yank St. Paul foundry’s permit
The company was fined $41,000 by the MPCA in October 2023 for permitting and air-quality monitoring violations.
www.twincities.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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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.
Five international students at Minnesota university have visas revoked
“These are troubling times, and this situation is unlike any we have navigated before,” the university president said in a statement.
www.startribune.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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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...
St. Paul's rent control debate is about to heat up again
St. Paul's rent control debate about to heat up again as city council considers new exemptions.
www.axios.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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...
1,100 Macalester student workers unionize in first for Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Macalester student workers voted overwhelmingly to unionize, forming the first undergraduate student worker union in Minnesota. The election was one of the largest in the Minnesota private sector in d...
minnesotareformer.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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GBH meekly kisses the presidential ring
www.universalhub.com/2025/gbh-mee...
#Boston
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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...
USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites
The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives.
www.politico.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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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. 
UMN will comply with court-backed ICE immigration orders
The University of Minnesota will comply with federal court orders when it comes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests, a University spokesperson said. “Immigration laws are…
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Northeastern promptly shows its belly to the Trump administration: Scrubs "diversity" references from its Web sites
huntnewsnu.com/83151/campus...
Northeastern purges DEI websites and messaging amid Trump executive order
Under the looming threat of federal examination, Northeastern has replaced or dismantled nearly all of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, messaging and websites.   Among several other change...
huntnewsnu.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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"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...
MnDOT’s climate defeatism: Why won’t they let us consider living more sustainably?
The case for a different kind of road where I-94 runs now.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM