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Morris Forum Focuses on Potential & Challenges Related to a More Regionally Focused Food System

'We’re feeling some real momentum right now.'

February 25, 2026

MORRIS, Minn. — Building a community-based infrastructure that is centered around local farmers producing food for local markets is a significant challenge in a region dominated by an export-driven corn and soybean system, but there are signs of progress being made in the Upper Minnesota River Valley, said participants in a Land Stewardship Project (LSP)… Read More →

Category: News Releases

Tags: community based food systems • farm to institution • Farm to Kids • farm-to-school • food shelves • local food • Minnesota Legislature • Morris Area Schools • rural economic development • rural hunger • rural poverty

LSP Legislative Update: Proposals Related to Local Food, Land Access & Soil Health Moving Forward

Budget Issues Loom Large as Regular Session Heads into Final Weeks

By Laura Schreiber

April 8, 2025

As we pass a key date in the 2025 Minnesota legislative calendar, several initiatives supported by the Land Stewardship Project remain alive and are moving through the committee process. In order to be considered as part of an omnibus bill, the majority of proposed legislation had to be heard in both the House and Senate… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: emerging farmers • farm to institution • farm-to-school • land access • Minnesota Legislature • Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program • soil health • state policy