Ellen Burkhardt

Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund provides the financial fertilizer that small, local farmers need to thrive. A look into their grants and the direct impact they make on Minnesota growers and producers.

Food Bank of the Rockies distributes millions of pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in Colorado and Wyoming every year. Here's a look at the impact the Food Bank and its 800+ Hunger Relief Partners had in 2023, from the eyes of neighbors, partners, volunteers, donors, and other community members.

Food Bank of the Rockies distributes millions of pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in Colorado and Wyoming every year. Here's a look at the impact the Food Bank and its 800+ Hunger Relief Partners had in 2024, from the eyes of neighbors, partners, volunteers, donors, and other community members.

A look into how Food Bank of the Rockies, the largest hunger-relief organization in the Rocky Mountain region, partners with local producers to source fresh produce and get it into the hands of our neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

In 2016, the founder or Brother Justus Whiskey Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, set out to make an all-Minnesota-sourced, peated whiskey. In 2023, it started winning awards. And now, it could change the world of whiskey as we know it.

Award-winning feature exploring Minnesota's complicated relationship with the Mississippi River

A three-day road trip through southern Minnesota reveals unexpected insights into the towns, people, and realities of life in the Heartland.

One (tiny) town’s pitch for why you should want to be their neighbor.

Minnesota is rich in peat and distilleries. So when will a Minnesota peated whiskey become a reality?

The sign marking Georgia Totto O’Keeffe’s birthplace is even more unremarkable than the corn and soybean fields surrounding it. Discreetly tucked away near the intersection of Town Hall Drive and County Highway T, some three and a half miles southeast of downtown Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, it is dark blue with plain white lettering and so modest that I don’t notice it the first time I drive by.

How Minnesota's top arts institutions are tweaking their programming to reach a broader audience

How are arts groups enticing young adults? The latest thinking goes beyond ticket deals and discounts.

Twin Cities-based actors, painters, musicians and composers explain why they came to and/or stayed in Minnesota instead of fleeing for the coasts.

A tell-all essay supporting all choices as good choices when it comes to having sex (or not) that sparked a worldwide conversation/debate, garnered millions of views, and ranked as a Top 10 Article for 2014.

Classic country music and sunlight fill Northeast Tattoo & Fadeaway Laser Removal. Art covers the golden-yellow walls and includes a hand-carved Indonesian Garuda sculpture, drawings by the shop’s three tattoo artists, and a large print of Il Sodoma’s “The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.” It’s eclectic and warm, and feels more like a funky coffee shop than a tattoo parlor and federally HIPAA-compliant, Minnesota Board of Medical Practice-certified clinic.