GMO Awareness Day a missed educational opportunity in Metro area schools
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Written by Kristie Swenson
Recently, I saw a press release from Minneapolis Public Schools, sharing that five metro school districts (Hopkins,
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MCR&PC looks to fill 4 seats in 2015
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The Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council (MCR&PC) has four seats up for election in 2015. The council consists of 11 corn farmers elected from throughout the state and administers the effective and efficient investment of Minnesota’s state corn check-off. -
NPR calls out the Food Babe
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Remember when celebrity Jenny McCarthy was championing a cause that claimed vaccinating your children might lead to autism?
McCarthy’s outlandish claims have repeatedly been proven false,
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Why do Minnesota corn farmers partner with Gophers Sports?
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On Monday, Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey coach Don Lucia kicked off the first Gophers Speaker Series sponsored by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA).
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Rural issues will be prominent in new Minnesota legislature
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The Minnesota Corn Growers Association’s (MCGA) pre-resolutions meeting is where corn farmers set policy priorities and discuss hot-button ag issues for the upcoming year. It’s also an opportunity for corn farmers to get legislative perspectives from insiders plugged into the Minnesota political scene.
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MCGA Radio: Science of Agriculture Response Challenge
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This week’s guest on MCGA Radio is Dr. Joshua Rice, Ph.D., an assistant Extension Professor at the University of Minnesota who coordinates the Minnesota 4-H Science of Agriculture Response Challenge,
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Dassel-Cokato’s FFA Food Science team wins nationals
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written by Jonathan Eisenthal
It was a taste of the real world of ultra-competitive name-brand food marketing. Dassel-Cokato High School’s FFA Food Science Team had an hour to come up with the most appealing wholegrain,
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MCGA Radio: State tournament sponsorship
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On this week’s Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) radio, Raymond, Minn., farmer and MCGA First Vice President Noah Hultgren talks about a new partnership between Minnesota’s corn farmers and the Minnesota State High School football,
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CommonGround connects farming and non-farming women (part 2)
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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
This is part two of a two-part series highlighting CommonGround, a program supported by Minnesota’s corn and soybean farmers.
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