East Side Cannabis Producers Forum
Thank you Senator Lindsey Port Senator Lindsey Port, Ag Commissioner Tom Peterson. DEED and Dept of Office Cannabis Management for having dialog with the community.

Thx Senator Hawj for invitation to spend Friday night on the East Side at his town hall meeting on cannabis. Lots of interest & questions from a full room of constituents.

All is right with world.. at beautiful Brennan Field for Pine City v Hinckley varsity ⚾️! Waylon with RBI single, Dragons up 7-0! 🐉

Thx Minnesota State Cattlemen for bringing Democrats & Republicans together over a hunk of meat! Great day for “steak on a stick” at Capitol 🥩 🐮

As a closeted polka fan sorry to see former Senator Florian Chmielewski has passed. He was my Senator and a great accordion player, condolences to the family. hhkfuneralhome.com/obituary/flori…

We need all our farmers, always remember Minnesota has strong, free, and confidential resources to help. knsiradio.com/2024/04/22/fre…

Tonight at Mariucci arena for the first session of the ⁦MN FFA Association⁩ State Convention! Good luck to all the students competing this week including Weston Bernau from Fillmore County!

Congrats to the Pahl family of Pahl’s market on their expansion! Appreciated Opportunity to attend ribbon cutting today, great news for Apple Valley Lakeville area. Appreciate their dedication to horticulture & fruit and vegetable production in Minnesota.

Great news! The U.S. EPA has issued a waiver to allow E15 gasoline - gasoline that uses a 15% #ethanol blend, to continue to be sold nationwide this summer. At gas stations, this blend is marketed as Unleaded 88 gasoline.

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JUST IN: Reuters reports The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce by Friday plans to temporarily expand sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline this summer. reuters.com/business/energ…

Always a good way to start the day when a farmer visits ⁦Minnesota Department of Agriculture⁩ ! Thx Josh VanderPol for stopping this morning to talk about leg session, meat processing and more!

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Today in Eagen for Minnesota Grocers Association Champions luncheon! Honored to present 7 MN Grown Retailer of the year awards to stores including one of my favorites, Chris’s Food Center in Sandstone, congrats to all!

ADM Breaks Ground on Minnesota Biorefinery, Expects to Cut CO2 Emissions, Use Corn Syrup dtnpf.com/agriculture/we…

Today in Marshall w/ MN DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek to celebrate Solugen Bioforge groundbreaking for new 500,000 square foot biomanufacturing facility utilizing dextrose from 🌽 to replace existing fossil fuel-based materials. Congrats!

Heading to South Western Minnesota today but first had to grab lunch at Lyle’s Cafe In Winthrop! Thx Barbara for a great lunch!

This morning in greater Braham for Regenerative Agriculture Conference “Litter the landscape with livestock” 300+ attendees! 🐄 🐑 🐐

Great to be in Waseca tonight to celebrate grand opening of AURI Bioindustrial Center! Impressive facility.

Little break from Commissionering with DP! Go Twins! #homeopener

Sen. Aric Putnam (D-St. Cloud) introduces SF 4225, the Omnibus Agriculture policy bill to the Senate Floor. The bill passes on a vote of 58-9. #mnsenate #mnleg youtube.com/watch?v=Fx18M8…