• The Black Radish: Reinventing the Urban CSA, One Yard at a Time

    The Black Radish is an urban oasis where sunflowers tower and ripe beans dangle in magical tunnels. Tucked into its south Minneapolis neighborhood, this farm fosters community through the weekly gathering of CSA pickup, the volunteers who make the work possible, and the yards that nourish local residents. 

  • Behind the Scenes: How Shared-Use Kitchens Shape Our Local Foodscape

    "The shared use kitchen sector is, in some sense, a public service that caters to the needs of the local community," explains Jason. "Whether that need is geared towards serving a specific ethnic group, whether it's meant to be affordable kitchen access for startup food businesses, or for scaling businesses that need more warehouse and fulfillment space."

  • One Pot Fresh Tomato Pasta

      One Pot Fresh Tomato Sauce Pasta This is one of those recipes that I make [...]

  • Forever Green Initiative at the U of M: Rethinking Minnesota’s Amber Waves of Grain

    An especially unique attribute of the Forever Green Initiative is its focus on commercialization, adoption and scaling. “Broadly speaking, we think of three areas of work: strategy, landscape, and market,” explained Colin. “We need many businesses sourcing these crops, making products and moving them to consumers, either as ingredients or as finished products.”

  • Easy Versatile Kernza Scones

      Easy Versatile Kernza® Scones This tasty recipe is courtesy of Christopher Abbott of The Perennial [...]

  • Why Kernza Crackers Matter: Perennial Pantry’s Quest for the Home Cook

    “Bringing an entirely new crop out into the world while making it something that people can easily become familiar with and start to use is fundamentally a very hopeful act,” observed Christopher Abbott of Perennial Pantry.