In Min­nesota, pub­lic health offi­cials and food free­dom fight­ers are squared off in a bat­tle that nei­ther side is likely to win. Div­ing into the raw milk under­ground, Emily Sohn dis­cov­ers an unlikely alliance of sub­ur­ban par­ents, health-conscious food­ies and farm­ers who believe milk is best when served directly from teat to table.

Categories: Winter Issue 2012

Here is to putting the fun back into imag­in­ing our city: we fea­ture 22 bold ideas which emerged from a col­lab­o­ra­tive sur­vey of the best, most vision­ary and most unortho­dox ways to make Min­neapo­lis and St. Paul an even bet­ter place to live. Emily Sohn reports from Minnesota’s raw milk under­ground and the food free­dom move­ment, Frank Bures explores how great­ness can again take root in the Mid­west, and mini-modern archi­tec­ture shakes up a neigh­bor­hood in St. Paul. Also: the statewide crack­down on food swaps, an inter­view with The Current’s Barb Abney, and one man’s jour­ney deep into the heart of the Wis­con­sin Dells.

Categories: Winter Issue 2012