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Seeds, green beans and farmers markets mark spring in Minneapolis, St.
Paul<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/47312%20>by Cynthia Frost, TC
Daily PlanetJust when you think spring will never come, gardening
groups and farmers
markets start up, and perhaps give us hope to think that we may have finally
seen the last snow flakes for the season. Starting this weekend, heres a
list of farmers market openings, seed giveaways and more to start the
season.
Minnesota Indian Gaming Association protests gambling
expansion<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/47292> by
Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/partners/uptake> Tribal gaming and
government employees, vendors and supporters rallied
yesterday outside the Minnesota State Capitol to protest gambling expansion
proposed by the state legislature.
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHT
Digging into urban farming at the University of
Minnesota<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/47147>by Dusty Hinz and
Lydia Howell, TC Daily PlanetCities of the future may include
widespread urban farming, beekeeping and a
locally-grown fish industry, according to speakers at an April 19 forum on
urban agriculture at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. Robert
Jones, U of M professor of agronomy and plant genetics, led the discussion.
Featured were Will Allen, Milwaukee urban farming pioneer, and Marla Spivak,
Senior Fellow in Agricultural Systems at the U of M and a 2010 MacArthur
Fellow and U of M professor of entomology, specializing in bees.
MUSIC | The Pixies at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium: Good as
new<http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/47286>by Stacy Schwartz, TC Daily
PlanetJust before the closer Gigantic, Kim Deal instructed us all
to Watch. We
learned how to bring it down over 20 years. We learned how to bring it
down. Bring it down they did, and we went with them head over heels. I
walked out whistling into the cool night air satisfied that one of my
favorite bands hadnt changed a bitand I liked it that way.