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Food Dialogue Minnesota

Food Dialogue Minnesota

The latest U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Food Dialogue event focused on water quality in Minnesota.

USFRA CEO Randy Krotz says water is a topic that resonates with everyone.

“Whether it’s the Des Moines area, the Delmarva (Peninsula), Minnesota, New Mexico…pick your spot across the country.  And of course, California.”

Water quality has become a contentious issue between agriculture and the state since Governor Dayton proposed a buffer law that went into effect last year.

Panelists included the director of sustainability for Land O’Lakes, the assistant commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Nathan Collins, a farmer from western Minnesota.

“My kids eat the food that I grow and eat the beef that our farm produces.  If I’m not going to produce safe food, why would I feed it to my own kids.  So everyday we’re concerned about the quality of everything we produce, touch or handle.”

The Food Dialogue event was held at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis and hosted by the Farm and Food Alliance of Minnesota.

 

 

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