The University of Minnesota Extension will present a series of business planning workshops on agritourism. The first one is set for 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, online.
This summer, the Gullicksrud family farm added a new chapter to its story when it was selected as one of 97 recipients of the University of Minnesota鈥檚 2024 Century Farm award.
The University of Minnesota Extension's Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships is accepting grant applications from farmers to build a deep winter greenhouse. The deadline to apply is Feb. 14.
In distributing its revenue from tax-forfeited land sales from 2021, the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday determined to use nearly $200,000 for reforestation efforts. The county also handled other business like a new agreement with the University of Minnesota for extension services.
When the pandemic really hit the area in Spring 2020, there was a 鈥渄emand shock鈥� as people bought extra products and bought different products based on what funds they had available. Both changed the demand and disrupted the supply chain.
With the Beltrami County Fair back in action, plenty of youth involved in the 4-H program are busy exhibiting their hard work and dedication for public display. But this year, they鈥檙e also debuting Hannah Sieberg, Beltrami County鈥檚 new 4-H Youth Development Extension educator, who is guiding them through the ins and outs of the five-day event while also learning the ropes herself.
For the past six years, the One Vegetable, One Community program has brought a vegetable of the year to Beltrami County and promoted it by providing free seed kits locally. This year, leafy greens will include gourmet lettuce mix, Grand Rapids loose-leaf, rainbow swiss chard and tatsoi mustard seed.
Breweries relied on to-go and liquor store sales to get through pandemic shutdowns, but that wasn't enough to prevent more than $186 million in economic losses across the state.
On average, Latino businesses dealt with harsher revenue reductions and more problems accessing relief than Minnesota businesses overall, according to a study by the nonprofit, community-based research organization Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research and the University of Minnesota Extension.
DULUTH 鈥� Sarah Winter was on the hunt for distancing-friendly activities for her children this summer. 鈥淲e鈥檙e pretty quarantined,鈥� she said. Winter spotted 4-H Healthy Sprouts, a free gardening class through the University of Minnesota Extension.
