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Agriculture

Do healthy diets protect the planet? As the U.N. meets, a focus on sustainability

Do healthy diets protect the planet? As the U.N. meets, a focus on sustainability

As United Nations leaders gather in New York, top food and nutrition experts are convening for a forum to talk about how people around the globe can have both a nourished diet and a healthy planet.
by Allison Aubrey

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Minn. farmers are in D.C. to talk to officials. Here's what's on their minds

Minn. farmers are in D.C. to talk to officials. Here's what's on their minds

Members of the Minnesota Farm Bureau and Minnesota Farmers Union are in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with elected officials and members of the Trump administration about issues ranging from trade to environmental regulations.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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New apple variety debuts at State Fair

New apple variety debuts at State Fair

The First Kiss apple was developed at the University of Minnesota. It's based off a Honeycrisp apple but ripens up to a month earlier, about Aug. 20 -- right around fair time.
by Mike Moen

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When the U.S. government tried to replace migrant farmworkers with high schoolers

When the U.S. government tried to replace migrant farmworkers with high schoolers

In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
by Gustavo Arellano

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