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May 246 min read

Natural Organic Reduction is Legal in MN!!!

Governor Walz officially signed Natural Organic Reduction Bill into law as a part of the Omnibus Tax Bill today, May 24th, 2024!!!...

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May 224 min read

MN Made: Live On Student Innovation!

My journey with Live On MN started out as a personal one. I was committed to one day becoming compost after reading Lisa Well's To be a...

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Mar 225 min read

Ideas to Action: MN Cup

If you read my first blog post (Compost Me!), you learned that I discovered my “moment of obligation” in the midst of coaching students...

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Mar 154 min read

Momentum in Minnesota

A little over a year ago, I leaned into my curiosity and went to go see Katrina Spade speak at the Great Northern Festival. The topic:...

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Feb 286 min read

TerraCon Takeaways

This week I found myself in a place I truly never envisioned being... front row at TerraCon - a first of it's kind conference designed to...

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Feb 203 min read

WA Bound! I'm not excited, you're excited!!

The time has finally come! I’ve been reading, listening, watching, contemplating, and ideating on the concept of Natural organic...

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Feb 152 min read

NOR Minnesota: Simple policy for a natural legacy

With Minnesota's 2024 legislative session kicking off earlier this week, I am making a dramatic leap from my "Compost Me" origin story ...

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Feb 24 min read

Compost Me: The origin story

In the fall of 2022, I was co-teaching Innovation for Changemakers, a Grand Challenge course at the University of Minnesota, when I first...