Efforts on the international stage by Minnesota food and agriculture companies play an integral role in addressing food insecurity, said David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme.
The stated goal of Village Financial on its website is to “serve the underserved Black community of North Minneapolis, who have been preyed upon and excluded from the traditional financial institutions.”
Incomes and the population are up. Poverty and the rate of people without health insurance are basically unchanged.
Community Sketchbook
The photos you won’t see are the ones that have not been taken, of entire families huddled together in one small tent, of people sitting in chairs holding their heads in their hands and staring at the ground in desperation, of little kids with haunted and lost eyes, of judgmental drivers honking.
Politics & Policy
It’s the economy, stupid.
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
The project began with a question: How could rural grocers offer more of the fresh produce that is grown in the farm fields all around them?
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state’s garlic growers have embarked on an effort to see if Minnesota garlic can become a full-fledged industry.
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
“We are just scratching the surface of what’s needed in terms of rehab,” said Dale Slagter, Kandiyohi County’s housing rehabilitation manager. “There is a lot of need out here.”
Macro, Micro, Minnesota
Minnesota grew faster than the national average during the 1950s and 1960s and passed the national average in per-person income in 1973, when Gov. Wendell Anderson appeared on TIME’s cover.
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Twin Cities Business
University of St. Thomas business school graduate students examined barriers that people with disabilities face in gaining employment.
Economy
Minnesota is the third-largest pork-producing state in the U.S.
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
Rural distilleries provide a case study in the latest thinking about econmic development in small towns, one that uses a multi-faceted approach to build economies on local strengths.
