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CSAs give members of the community a chance to source their food from local farms and support local business while they’re at it.
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students when those roadblocks happen, when adversity comes along,” St. Martin said. “The challenge at the high school level with academic eligibility is that we’re very reactive with that process, and we wait until we’re in a position where a student has run out of time.” St. Martin has worked on
Shopping at a supermarket gives you tasty options all throughout the year, but sometimes it’s hard to tell where your food comes from. Minnesota is replete with a wide variety of home-grown fruits, veggies and other goodies for the pantry grown on local farms. Many farms offer a CSA, or community-supported agriculture program, that supports local business and connects people with fresh food produced right here in their own state. A CSA is a farm membership system that allows consumers to sign up to receive a season’s worth of a farm’s products (such as fruits and vegetables, cheese, meat or flowers) on a weekly or biweekly basis. Many offer products throughout the summer growing season; however, there are winter or yearround CSAs available to consumers. A CSA subscription is also an active way to support local farmers and get to know the people who grow and raise your local foods. Minnesota Grown is the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) “buy local” program. Minnesota Grown makes locating CSAs easy through its online directory, which lists 95 CSA farms with over 375 pickup locations around the state. The number of pickup sites listed in the directory has more than doubled in the past two years, making it even more convenient to source fresh, local and affordable foods. Farmers attest to how CSA members contribute in more ways than dollars. “Whenever the work is
SEE ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY, PAGE 11
SEE CSA, PAGE 11
Runners will dress in their best greens for the Centerville 5K and 7K March 18. SEE SHAKE YOUR SHAMROCK, PAGE 11
Academic eligibility proposal would take students’ home situation into account CIRCLE PINES — In schools, grade point average often stands as the end-all, be-all of academic performance. But in some cases, it is not a fair representation of a student’s ability, something that Activities Director Matt St. Martin is trying to change.
If students want to participate in sports and school activities, current board policy requires them to have a 2.0 GPA while also making progress toward graduation. But when it comes to classroom success, not every student starts with the same level of support at home. “I believe strongly that we need to be more proactive in the field of education in helping our
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