Frog Tree Farm, one of Minnesota’s oldest continuously operated Black-owned family farms, is partnering with RSDP to create a heritage trail that celebrates Black rural history, art, and culture.
RSDP Happenings
From harvest buckets to canning equipment, the new Food Equipment Library in Grand Marais is giving residents access to the tools they need.
A town like no other, and a model for many more. The City of Vergas is investing in its future without losing its small-town heart.
With interactive maps and real voices, a community-University partnership brings new light to a vulnerable but sacred resource.
Humphrey School student Marcus Hansen turned his passion for local food and planning into real world impact in Mankato.
RSDP regional boards and work groups bring community leaders and University faculty and staff together to advance sustainability in Greater Minnesota.
Badger (pop. 417), is partnering with the University of Minnesota to turn big ideas—like clean energy, housing, and downtown revitalization—into real progress.
A landfill is where the discarded residue of everyone’s lives is buried out of sight. But out of sight is far from out of mind for the people entrusted to handle what happens next. One of the most vexing issues created in landfills today is the presence of “forever chemicals,” officially known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which do not break down in water, soil or air.
When a tornado swept through southeast Minnesota, Owl Bluff Farm experienced how vulnerable Minnesota farms can be to severe weather and how valuable it is to have tools that offer stability when the unexpected happens.
Students from Cloquet and Wrenshall are gaining valuable, hands-on experience working alongside industry experts thanks to a partnership with RSDP, CERTs and Just Housing.