Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU), in partnership with Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), released a Farmers’ Guide to Carbon Markets in Minnesota earlier this year. With one fifth of the world’s largest companies setting net-zero emissions targets, farmers are being asked to make changes to their operations that sequester…

Join Minnesota Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Sen. Aric Putnam, House Ag Committee Vice Chairwoman Kristi Pursell and Commissioner Thom Petersen for a listening session at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at South Central Technical College, Faribault Campus, 1225 3rd St SW, Faribault, MN 55021. The goal of the event will be for Chair Putnam and…

Join other members of the Goodhue County Farmers Union for coffee at 10 a.m. March 20 at Area 57 Coffee Cafe, Wanamingo. Visit with old friends and make new ones during this social event. Farmers Union buys the coffee. Breakfast is on your own. See you there.

Join the Dodge County Farmers Union at the 23rd Dodge County Business Expo on Saturday March 25 at Triton High School in Dodge Center.

Join our meeting to hear Jim Chamberlin, Conservation Technician for Happy Dancing Turtle, for an update on local meat processing efforts.  We will be sharing progress on the processing facilities being established by the MN Farmers Union foundation and providing an update on the meat cutting program at Central Lakes College. We also will be…

Minnesota Farmers Union and Brown County Farmers Union are hosting a Farm Bill Listening Session with a representative from Sen. Tina Smith’s office on Tuesday, April 4 at 1 p.m. It will be held at the Sleepy Eye Coffee Company, 121 Main Street West, Sleepy Eye. Julia Wickham is the Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Outreach…

Join us for a GrownBy Social Hour. Eric Sannerud is the National Co-op Organizing Lead from Farm Generations Cooperative and also a fellow MFU member. He will touch on the history of co-ops and even guide us through the decisions involved in starting a modern, farmer-led co-op. If you haven't met Eric, I really hope…

Join us for a panel discussion about solar siting considerations. Speakers include Melissa Birch from Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTS), Mike Zastoupil from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and a representative from People's Cooperative Electric. Moderated by Ariel Kagan, MFU Climate Director. Hosted by the Farmers Union organizations in Dodge and Olmsted counties.

We have had requests for more online GAPs trainings for fruit and vegetable farmers, so are offering another option this spring. If you were not able to attend a training this winter, consider attending this training to improve your farm's food safety practices and plans for this coming season. This 3.5 hour fully-online interactive course…