Minnesota Updates: August 2023
August 9, 2023
Our summers are so busy and it’s always a great time to lift up projects with
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A Conversation with Tanya RedRoad of Toxic Taters
July 19, 2023
We’re pleased to share the recording of a conversation between PAN Organizing Co-Director for Minnesota Zoe
Pollinators and policy in Minnesota
June 22, 2023
This Pollinator Week, Minnesota Organizing Co-Director Zoe Hollomon, lobbyist Chris Cowen, and partner Erin Rupp of
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Our Focus
We collaborate with the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective, HEAL Food Alliance, Land Stewardship Project and National Young Farmers Coalition to promote racial justice in the food system and ensure the success of farmers of color across Minnesota. These farmers are taking the lead on solutions to the many problems caused by industrial agriculture.
We’re organizing and advocating for policies to support small and BIPOC farmers in the state – like land access, technical assistance, and investment in agroecological growing practices.
Our work to protect rural communities from pesticide contamination continues in collaboration with our long-standing partners at the Toxic Taters coalition. Testing has shown these communities are facing highly contaminated well water, and residents experience pesticide drift from nearby fields at their homes, schools, and workplaces.
We’re bringing this important issue to the state capitol, and providing resources and information to communities in the meantime.
Historically, Minnesota has been a leader on strong pollinator protection policies. Today, we’re building on the relationships we’ve cultivated with pollinator and environmental advocates to bring more people power to our food system transformation work.
Through knowledge sharing, policy training, and political education, our movement grows stronger — in the 2023 legislative session, our coalition championed a record number of protective policies for our communities, pollinators, and environment.
We need a transformative farm bill
Resources
Rural Families
Too often, farmers find themselves trapped on a pesticide treadmill — and farmers, workers and families in rural communities find
Reclaiming Local Control in Pesticide Regulation
In all but seven states, local communities cannot put rules into place that are stricter than state-level regulations — the
PAN’s Food and Farming Platform
PAN strives for farmworker justice, healthy farm communities and fair farm economies — locally, nationally and internationally. We advocate for
Take Action
Urge your Senators to support PACTPA!
It’s time to put people and pollinators over pesticide corporations’ bottom lines. Urge your Senators to co-sponsor and support passage of the
Tired of the pesticide industry calling the shots?
Let’s create a healthy food system, together.
Let’s create a healthy food system, together.