#GivebackDays begins Sept. 1! Starting tomorrow, you can support the #MississippiRiver by visiting The Orvis Company shop in St. Louis Park and making a donation to FMR at the register 🎣 Thanks to Orvis for their continued support! fmr.org/events/orvis-g…

We approve of this list! 👍👍 You can support #CleanWater Crops — and help us get to a healthier #MississippiRiver — by supporting the businesses that work with them.

Nectar and ... blood? A surprising source of nutrients for butterflies 🦋🩸 "I came across a dead cow covered in dozens of clouded sulfur butterflies with their proboscises out ... lapping up the blood." fmr.org/updates/conser…

Awesome story from Kirsti Marohn. Fill your plate with some perennials this Thanksgiving--like #Kernza--the water and rural communities will thank you! #Kernza @mkernza The Land Institute Friends of the Mississippi River

Learn how crops like Kernza help absorb excess nitrogen in the soil to protect rural communities from water pollution Kirsti Marohn UMN Forever Green Initiative Full article: bit.ly/47ofHrr 📸: Dodd Demas for Friends of the Mississippi River

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We're thrilled to see #MRRRI introduced in the House and Senate today by Rep. Betty McCollum and Sen. Tammy Baldwin. "The river has been facing a range of big challenges that frankly, we're not measuring up against," FMR's Whitney Clark told Madeline Heim. jsonline.com/story/news/202…

#Kernza is on the menu for Minneapolis Public Schools today. As part of the district's Minnesota Thursday program, students and staff will be treated to a school lunch featuring Minnesota-sourced ingredients. That includes a Kernza Perennial Grain and brown rice pilaf.

And Beth Dooley (Beth Dooley), in today's Star Tribune, writes about why the "nutritious and good-tasting" #Kernza is a great choice for a meal — either as part of a school lunch, or at home. startribune.com/kernza-recipe-…

A photo gallery from our behind-the-scenes tour at UMN Forever Green Initiative. Nearly 50 River Guardians got to see #CleanWater crops up close and hear directly from researchers. They also sampled #Kernza products from Artisan Naan Bakery and Bang Brewing. fmr.org/updates/water-…

Don Wyse never stopped teaching. He will be missed. UMN Forever Green Initiative Friends of the Mississippi River fmr.org/updates/water-…