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Homegrown Minneapolis is a citywide initiative
expanding our community's ability to grow, process,
distribute, eat and compost more healthy, sustainable,
locally grown foods.
March 2019
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Green To Go Exemptions End April 22, 2019
Green To Go is the Minneapolis ordinance requiring reuseable, recyclable, or compostable packaging for food and beverages served for immediate consumption or to-go.
Under an exemption, two products could be used even though they did not meet Green To Go rules. However, the exemption is ending. After April 22, 2019, these products can no longer be used:
- Polyethylene (PE) lined paper hot and cold cups and containers for liquids (soup, etc.), and
- Rigid polystyrene lids. The lids are marked with a #6 inside three chasing arrows.
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If you have Green To Go questions, contact the Health Department by calling 311 (612-673-3000) or emailing health@minneapolismn.gov.
www.minneapolismn.gov/GreenToGo
March Food Council Meeting
Wednesday, March 13th | 5:00 - 7:30 pm
5:00 - 5:30 pm Pre-meeting discussion with Kieran Folliard, FOOD BUILDING
5:30 - 7:30 pm Food Council meeting
FOOD BUILDING, Community Room
1401 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis
Meeting Agenda
Homegrown Minneapolis Community Food Forum
Join Homegrown Minneapolis for a dynamic evening of food systems conversations and the launch of our Minneapolis food action planning process.
Wednesday, April 17th | 5:00 - 7:30 pm
5:00 - 6:00 pm Registration, reception and resource fair.
Light bites from Minneapolis Public Schools True Food Catering.
6:00 - 7:30 pm Program and breakout sessions.
Program to feature Mayor Jacob Frey, Minneapolis City Council Member Jeremy Schroeder, University of Minnesota Professor Anu Ramaswami, and Homegrown Minneapolis staff and Food Council members. Share your insights in breakout sessions and learn about opportunities to stay engaged. More program details to come.
Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center
1250 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis
Event Information and RSVP
Interested in tabling at the resource fair? Local partners that support our community’s ability to grow, process, distribute, eat and compost more healthy, sustainable, locally grown foods are encouraged to sign up by March 15th.
Blue Cross Blue Shield MN
Catalyst Funding Initiative and Webinar
Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute
Community-University Planning Grants
Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council
Common Fund and Strategic Initiative Fund Grants
Minnesota Youth Institute
MNYI is an interactive daylong program where teens from across the state come to the St. Paul campus of the U of M for an immersive science experience and have the opportunity to connect with research and industry leaders. Students are also eligible for scholarships, paid internships, as well as potentially being selected to represent Minnesota at the Global Youth Institute and World Food Prize. As we look to a future, we need to figure out how to feed the continually growing human population; your students could contribute their ideas to these solutions. The process is simple: students select a food security issue in a developing country, and research a solution that they submit as a 3-5 page paper. Students are then invited to the U of M St. Paul campus to present their solutions to business, policy, and research leaders. We also encourage teachers and parents to attend the institute, and come check out Minnesota’s land-grant university! More information can be found at z.umn.edu/mnyi.
Columbia Heights School District
Agriculture Specialist, Community Education
Neighborhood Roots
Assistant Market Manager
Farmers Markets of Minneapolis Collaborative in partnership with University of Minnesota
Metrics Team Summer Intern
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