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Posted by: Emily Sladek Have you seen a farmers’ market that has opened near you?  If so, you’re not alone. The number of farmers’ markets doubled between 2009 and 2014, with locally marketed food sales reaching $6.1 billion as of 2012. Farmers and...

For years, entrepreneurs belonging to minority communities have played a prominent role in driving the U.S. economy forward. When considering minorities new to the U.S., a Kauffman study (PDF) conducted in 2013 found immigrants were nearly twice as likely...

By Lee Egerstrom, Economic Development Fellow Minnesota might not attract fancy opening night premiers for many Hollywood blockbusters, but when you want to debut a national documentary about co-ops, where better than the Land O’ Lakes?&nbsp...

SMIF's Prosperity Initiative graduates first 6 minority-owned southern Minnesota businesses (L to R) First Prosperity Initiative cohort: Gwendolyn Blass, Intergrated Hands Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork; Cecelia Cifuentes,West Oakland Auto Repair...

The first-in-the-nation city-utility partnership has been framed in Minneapolis, but can the city and its utilities really deliver substantive movement toward an equitable energy economy in the next two years? It all depends on the workplan, and the...