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Caucus for Land Stewardship

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The 2022 Precinct Caucuses, the first step in Minnesota’s process for selecting our parties’ candidates, leadership, platforms, and values, are just around the corner and we need you and others in your community to participate. For all major political parties, caucuses will be held on Tuesday, February 1, and it’s critical that we have your voice present in this process to ensure our political parties and candidates are working on behalf of people and the land, not corporate interests. This year, given the uncertainty of COVID, caucuses for many will look different and could cause confusion. That is why we need to make sure everyone knows how to participate based on where they live and party affiliation and why participation is so important. Below we have a timeline and general overview for the upcoming caucus process. For questions, you can reach out to LSP/LSAF’s political organizer, Emily Minge, at eminge@landstewardshipaction.org or 612-400-6353.

Caucus Timeline

  • February 1, 7 p.m. – Precinct Caucuses. At caucuses you often hear from the different candidates seeking your party’s endorsement, elect precinct delegates who will move onto their Senate district convention and/or county convention, and you can bring forward resolutions to be added to your party’s platform.

o   This year, depending on your party affiliation, your county or senate district may be engaging in contactless caucusing, which will include either e-mailing or dropping off a Non-Attendee Form with your party unit leadership. This form can be submitted up until 9 p.m. on caucus day, Tuesday, February 1, despite what the form itself says, due to an emergency declaration by the party.

        • If you are caucusing with the DFL, you can click here to find if your county or senate district is doing in-person or contactless caucusing and if so, who to send your Non-Attendee Form to.
          • Click here for the DFL Non-Attendee Form.
        • The Minnesota GOP will have fully in-person caucuses.
          • Click here for the Minnesota GOP Caucus forms.
  • March and April 2022 — Senate district and/or county conventions. Delegates gather to vote on candidate endorsements and resolutions within the senate district and/or county. For example, at Senate district conventions, you will endorse candidates running for the state House and state Senate in that district. Delegates for the Congressional district convention will also be elected.

o   From what we know now, these will be fully remote, but we will update this page with more information when we have it.

  • April 2022 — Congressional district delegates will gather to endorse congressional candidates and vote on resolutions. State convention delegates will also be elected.
  • May 2022 — State convention where state delegates adopt party platforms based on resolutions and endorse statewide candidates.

Steps to Caucusing

  • Decide which party to caucus for. Minnesota does not require party registration to vote, but you should caucus with the party that best aligns with your values.
  • Determine if your county or Senate district is doing in-person or contactless caucusing.

o   If you are caucusing with the DFL party, click here to determine your caucus method.

  • If your county or Senate district is doing contactless caucusing or you are not comfortable attending in-person, download and complete your party’s Non-Attendee and Resolution forms and send them to your local party unit leader by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1.

o   Click here for the DFL Non-Attendee Form, click here to find your local DFL party unit leader, and click here for the DFL Resolution Form.

o   Click here for the MN GOP caucus forms.

  • If in-person, determine if you need time off or accommodations. Your employer is legally required to give you time off to caucus as long as you submit a written request at least 10 days in advance. If you require accommodations due to hearing or visual impairment, the major parties must accommodate you.
  • If in-person, find your caucus location on the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website.
  • Recruit your family, friends, and neighbors and make sure they know how to participate!
  • If in-person, show up to your Precinct Caucus location between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on February 1 with any resolutions you’d like to introduce.

What Does it Mean to be a Delegate?

  • If you are elected a delegate at your precinct caucus, it means you will be moving onto the next step in the process and attending your Senate district or county convention.
  • At the convention, you will be casting your vote for candidate endorsements and resolutions that made it through caucuses.

What is a Resolution?

  • Resolutions are simple statements of values or policy priorities that you’d like your party to adopt or maintain. Those that pass will go on to help shape your party’s platform, but they must receive support at multiple conventions to keep moving upward.
  • During your precinct caucus, your caucus chair will ask if anyone has resolutions to bring forward.

o   Click here for the DFL Resolution Form.

o   Click here for the MN GOP Resolution Form.

Land Stewardship Caucus Resolutions

• Click here to read and download the full slate of Land Stewardship’s 2022 Caucus Resolutions

Caucus Training

Want to learn more about this process and why it’s so important for Land Stewardship’s work? Register for our upcoming caucus training by clicking here.

 

Want to Get Involved?

To stay informed about our electoral organizing work, visit the Land Stewardship Action Fund’s website and sign-up for our hotlist here.

Contact

Emily Minge, LSP political organizer, e-mail, 612-400-6353

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March 2023

Tuesday March 21

9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Wholesale Readiness Training for Farmers
Tuesday March 21
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Wholesale Readiness Training for Farmers

MISA, UMN Extension, and Renewing the Countryside are offering training and one-to-one technical assistance for farmers who want to grow their operation into wholesale markets. Wholesale isn’t just for large-scale distributors. You can use this training and support team to prepare to sell to schools, restaurants, grocery stores, and hospitals in your community. Participating farmers will be eligible for $500 mini-grants to cover expenses related to launching a wholesale enterprise. 

For details, click here.

Wednesday March 22

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Community Food Webs Learning Circle: Building Equity & Investing in Traditional, Indigenous Culture & Practices for Food Production, Health & Spirituality
Wednesday March 22
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Community Food Webs Learning Circle: Building Equity & Investing in Traditional, Indigenous Culture & Practices for Food Production, Health & Spirituality

Building strong community food networks where we live can move us powerfully toward our vision for functioning local and regional systems that support regenerative farming and provide all people with the nourishing foods they want and need. To explore how communities around the country are making this happen, in March LSP is hosting three learning circles focused on the book Building Community Food Webs, by Ken Meter.

Join us for just one session, or all three! Each session we’ll gather on Zoom for two hours — beginning at 7 p.m. — to discuss major themes from the book and generate ideas for our own communities.

Reserve your spot by signing up on our website:https://landstewardshipproject.org/learning-circles. Questions about getting signed up? Reach out to LSP’s Elizabeth Makarewicz at EMakarewicz@landstewardshipproject.org.

Thursday March 23

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ranching for Profit Workshop: 3 Secrets for Increasing Your Profit
Thursday March 23
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ranching for Profit Workshop: 3 Secrets for Increasing Your Profit

Improving your farm business takes rolling up your sleeves and getting to work … not just IN your business, but ON it too. The Land Stewardship Project is hosting Ranch Management Consultant Dave Pratt, who will give workshop participants insights into threetools for improvingfarm profit. Dave won’t just be presenting information — you can expect plenty of small group interaction, case studies, videos, direct application to yourown situation and a healthy dose of humorto be used throughout the workshop.

You will learn:

● How to transform your farm into a successful business.
● The difference between economics vs. finance and why economics always comes first.
● The three things that youcan do to increase profit on your farm.
● How to identify theweak links and profit-drivers in your business.

Please register by March 17.

For more information and to register, click here.

10:30 am – 3:00 pm
LSP Upper Minnesota River Food Forum in Montevideo, MN
Thursday March 23
10:30 am – 3:00 pm
LSP Upper Minnesota River Food Forum in Montevideo, MN

Building strong community food networks where we live can move us powerfully toward our vision for functioning local and regional food systems that support regenerative farming and provide all people with the nourishing foods they want and need. To celebrate and explore how our local community is making this happen, the Land Stewardship Project will be hosting a Regional Food Forum to celebrate and grow our local foodshed. The Food Forum will be held at Table Two Twelve Chophouse, 4490 US-212, Montevideo, MN 56265.

Local food advocates, producers, and professionals will gather for panels, break-out sessions, and activities. Lunch will be served and an optional social hour will follow the event. There will be limited space available, so be sure to register here by March 17 and save the date for Thursday, March 23.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Family Farm Breakfast Lobby Training
Thursday March 23
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Family Farm Breakfast Lobby Training

Join LSP to prepare for the 2023 Family Farm Breakfast Lobby Day on April 13! The training will be an opportunity to prepare how we will influence our elected officials to win real change on key LSP issues like soil health and climate solutions, healthcare reform, taking on corporate consolidation in agriculture, and more. This training will include: background on your legislators; templates for a legislative meeting; workshopping how to share our stories in a powerful, concise way; logistics; and more!

For more information and to register, click here.

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