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Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on December 7, 2009
Here is a link to a recent article by Edible Twin Cities about our emerging Hillside Farmers Cooperative that we started this year to unite the farmers entering free range poultry, grains and vegetable production supported through our program for the Northfield, Cannon Falls and Red Wing region.
Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on October 10, 2007
Today’s Northfield News had an article on the CAC-Main Street Project partnership that I blogged recently. Below is the whole article, new information on the origin of the funds was provided by Jim Blaha which Jaci Smith, Managing Editor at the NN’s included in the final article.
Than you Jaci for such a wonderful support of this important work in our community.
Community Action Center’s Newcomer Project gives aid
By JACI SMITH
Managing Editor
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
NORTHFIELD – Two local programs with common goals have joined forces to help newcomers to Northfield find work and get involved in the community.
Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on August 29, 2007
There was an article on the Northfield News today by Stepanie Soucheraythat relates to this title. It may be a good time to clarify that we don’t have credible population census data, there is concensus on this fact among professionals in the Latino community, but from interacting constantly with a community one gets a feeling of who is who, this is where my numbers come from. I am currently looking into asking for help from St. Olaf and Carleton colleges to see if we can get a better handle on the Latino population data in Northfield, not only to have better information, but because it is important for our strategic planning as organizations and for the city’s own planning. I will keep you posted.
You can read the article below, or directly by clicking on the link above.
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Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on August 27, 2007
As announced last August 16th on my blog entry, last Saturday a diverse group of people representing farmers, farmer organizations, 
and Father Dennis from St. Dominic’s Catholic Church met to look into the picture of diversity in food production that is growing around the Northfield area, not only the diversity of color in the faces involved but in backgrounds and sectors of the society working hard to see farmers succeed. There was room for food, conversation and a great opportunity for everyone to interact, tell stories and learn how other people think and do things.
We later checked on our poultry experiment where we have 15 egg laying gens and 25 broilers, we checked on the status of the 2 acres planted with black turtle beans on land that I rent from my neighbor, our onion production experiment, blue corn seed patch, and the general garden area. There was a lot of wind and water damage to report but we will still have an acceptable harvest if the weather does not play another trick on us.
A partial list of the people who came to the gathering include, Maria Sosa and Salvador Ruiz from Faribault, Jose Javier of Northfield, Father Dennis of St. Dominic Church, Amy Bacigalupo of the Land Stewardship Project’s (LSP) Willmar office, Karen Stettler of LSP in Lewinston, Joci Tilsen, Program Director with the Minnesota Food Association, Collie Graddick, with the Pescitice Management Unit at the MN Department of Agriculture, all of these folks came with partners and kids, great food and a warm spirit to share.
Here is a picture with some of the kids after we partially succeeded in pulling them away from their games.
Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on July 19, 2007
Nice article by Ben Goessling on yesterday’s Star Tribune South. Here is the link to the article, and here is the whole article if you just want to read it here.
Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on April 5, 2007
I received a call last week from Ben Goessling, a business and sport reporter for the Star Tribune South, he had heard about the Latino Enteprise Center and wanted to meet and learn more about it. We set up a time and met at the Bitterweet Cafe by the Archer House in downtown Northfield. We had a nice conversation and it was not only a pleasure to talk with him, but he also wrote a nice article “A Latino Leader’s next step: make more leaders” based on our conversation.
You can read the article on the businesss section of the Star Tribune South or just read it below.
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