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At Washburn-McReavy, going electric is about more than reducing emissions
Thanks to support from Environmental Initiative and the City of Minneapolis Green Cost Share Program, four new electric utility vehicles are making a quiet impact on families at Washburn-McReavy's Minneapolis cemeteries.
Modernizing the fleet without taking on all the risk: a Q&A with Errol Rice, President of Transystems
For more than 80 years, Transystems has been loading and hauling sugar beets for Co-Op customers across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho. When the opportunity came to modernize their fleet through a clean diesel upgrade program, they took it.
Clean water starts on the land. Art starts the conversation.
Source Water Protection Collaborative artist-in-residence Mary Beth Magyar is working with community members in Chatfield to build two mosaics rooted in the region's karst geology. The project aims to start conversations about water protection and give the community a sense of agency when it comes to their drinking water.
Connecting conservation programs to farmers
Implementors continue to face barriers to enrolling producers in conservation agriculture programs, citing funding bottlenecks, shifting priorities, and inadequate staffing. In associate partnership director Jaycie Thomsen’s recently published blog in Nonprofit Quarterly, she offers practical measures to address these challenges and advice on right-sizing corporate and philanthropic investments.
Explore MRCC's Impact
Regenerative agriculture practice adoption doesn’t just start in the field. It starts with the value chain: buyers creating demand, partners sharing risk, and networks making new practices feel possible. In 2025, the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative (MRCC) focused on building the human and strategic infrastructure that makes farm-level change possible, convening corporate and NGO partners across food, feed, and fuel supply chains to advance shared solutions in the Midwest.
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