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Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

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Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

2/7/2019
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Day 2 of Food Week: Food access and awareness initiatives
I. LEADMn: College food pantry initiative - Oballa Oballa, Riverland Community College
II. Youth led ag and food access initiatives:
- Miah Ulysse, Northside Fresh Coordinator & Policy Manager, Appetite for Change
III. Connecting local food and food shelves: Farm to Food Shelf, Milk in Food Shelves, and Summer Feeding Service Program
- Bob Branham, Director of Produce Strategy (Farm to Food Shelf)
- JoAnna Lund, Child Hunger Program Specialist (Summer Meal Program)
- Julie Vanhove, Feeding Minnesota Sourcing Manager (Milk)
IV. Alternative food delivery systems: Farmers markets, food hubs and community supported agriculture.
- Chris Harms, Founder and Executive Director of Giving Gardens, White Bear Lake
- Joe Nowak, University of Minnesota, Farmers Market Metrics Project co-author
- David Kotsonas, MN Farmers Market Board Member/Market Manager, St. Paul Growers Association
Attachments:
Sprout Food Hub Impact Report_1.pdf (2/7/2019)
House Agriculture Finance Policy Committee Hearing FINAL ms.pptx (2/7/2019)
Metrics 2019-02-06.pdf (2/7/2019)
MFMA Report 2019-02-07.pdf (2/7/2019)

Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

2/5/2019
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Day 1 of Food Week: Framing the Issue of Food Insecurity
I. Healthy Food Access Study: Demographics and factors contributing to food access challenges and food insecurity
- Ela Rausch, Project Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
II. Health and economic impacts of food access challenges and food insecurity
- Vayong Moua, Director of Health Equity Advocacy, Blue Cross Blue Shield
III. Rural Grocery Survey
- Dr. Bev Durgan, Dean, UM-Extension & Kathy Draeger, Statewide Director, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, UM - Extension
IV. Good Food Access Update
- MN Dept. of Agriculture
IV. HF 436 (Poppe) Good Food Access Funding
- Lorna Schmidt, American Heart Association
- Corey Christianson, owner of KC’s Market in Badger
- Ben Devore, farmer from Cimarron Farm, Lake Elmo
- Lori Throp, Executive Director, The Food Group which operates “Fare for All”
-Lars Kuehnow, Neighborhood Program Officers with Duluth LISC
Bills Added:
HF436 (Poppe) - Good food access account from general fund money transferred.

Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

1/31/2019
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Farm Finance During Challenging Times
I. Ag economy from a lender's point of view and dynamics of federal shutdown
- Perry Aasness, Compeer Financial
II. Trends and usage of programs designed to support farmers during difficult financial times
- Matt McDevitt, Rural Finance Authority
- Kent Olsen, Associate Dean for the Extension Center for Community Vitality and the administrative lead for the Farmer Lender Mediation Program
- Brad Schloesser, Executive Director, Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture, Dean of Agriculture, South Central College
III. Farm panel: weathering difficult times
- Darrel Mosel, Dairy and Crop Farmer, Gaylord, MN
- Anne Schwagerl, Prairie Point Farm, Browns Valley, MN
- Kevin Papp, MN Farm Bureau President and Blue Earth County farmer
- Pakou Hang, Hmong American Farmers Association Co-Founder and Executive Director
IV. HF 158 (Brand) FLAG grant funding
- Scott Carlson, Executive Director, FLAG
- Bruce Miller, Minnesota Farmers Union
- Darrel Mosel, Dairy and Crop Farmer, Gaylord, MN
Bills Added:
HF158 (Brand) - Farmers' Legal Action Group grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
HF158 AmendmentA19-0001.pdf (1/23/2019)
Farm Credit MN House Ag Committee presentation.pptx (2/1/2019)
SMCA2019_Testimony_House_013119_Schloesser.pdf (2/1/2019)
Farmer Lender Mediation recent trends December 2018.pdf (2/1/2019)

Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

1/29/2019
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I. Board of Animal Health: Budget and function overview and update on animal disease issues
- Beth Thompson, Executive Director
II. Agriculture Utilization Research Institute: Budget and function overview
- Shannon Schlecht, Executive Director
- Dan Skogen, Planning and Government Relations Director
Bills Added:
HF221 (Poppe) - Minnesota agriculture special license plates established, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
BAH_BudgetPresentation_Legislature2019_1.pptx (1/29/2019)
2019 BAH Legislative Overview.pdf (1/29/2019)
FY2018 Farmed Cervidae Program.pdf (1/29/2019)
AURI MN House Ag - Jan 29 2019.pptx (1/29/2019)
AURI - MN House Ag - Jan 29 2019.pdf (1/29/2019)

Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

1/24/2019
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Presentation on services for farm stress and rural mental health support
- Commissioner Thom Petersen, Department of Agriculture
- Ted Matthews, Rural Mental Health Counselor
- Connie Dykes, Farm Advocate
- Meg Moynihan, MN Department of Agriculture
Bills Added:
HF232 (Poppe) - Farm advocates, farmer-lender mediators, and mental health counseling support for farm families and business operators additional money appropriated.
HF82 (Kiel) - Mental health counseling support to farm families and business operators funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF84 (Kiel) - Mental health counseling support to farm families and business operators funding provided, and money appropriated.
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