Learn more about the Livestock Investment Grant

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting grant applications for organizations offering technical assistance to improve access to fresh, affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate foods for underserved communities.

Ruck’s Meat Processing, of Belle Plaine, Minn., is voluntarily recalling cured smoked beef that may be contaminated with metal fragments.

The freshest Minnesota pumpkins, large and small, bumpy or smooth, in multiple colors, are now available from local growers around the state to last throughout your harvest season.

This year’s crop is a great one, said Valri Wittner, owner of Lendt’s Orchard in Wyoming, Minn.