Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey attended the Grand Opening of the Hope Vault Locker at Shiloh Cares Food Shelf in North Minneapolis — one of only five such lockers in the country. This innovative model expands access to nutritious food by offering both traditional food shelf services and convenient locker pick‑up options. Thank you to Jalilia Abdul-Brown for the invitation, and congratulations to the Shiloh Cares team on this important milestone.
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Assistant Commissioner Bailey is attending the 20th year of the Mill City Farmers Market and Harvest Social in thanking farmers for how they feed communities. Thank you Ella Daniels!!

Had a great time at the DNR Stage along side Commissioner Stromann and Rep. Rick Hansen to give out awards for outstanding students in FFA and 4-H. congratulations to Molly Carlos from Rochester and Andrew Mutchler, from Grand Rapids. @ThommyPetersen @afvaubel @MNFFAFoundation @MN4H

Emerging Farmer Working Group Applications Now Open Applications to join the Emerging Farmers Working Group are open from August 17 through 11 p.m. on September 14, 2026. Selected members will serve a two-year term beginning in November 2026 and help the Minnesota Department of Agriculture identify and address barriers facing emerging farmers statewide. Apply here: mda.state.mn.us/efwgapplicat…

What a great way to spend time with our amazing St. Paul farmers market vendors along with the Governor’s office staff to thank farmers for national farmers market week.

Assistant Commissioner Bailey and Assistant Commissioner Peder had a great time at farmfest this year with new 2026 FFA team! Thank you!!

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is on MN agriculture in the classroom teacher tour in Little Falls, MN at Tom Smude’s farm. Tom also is a recent recipient of the MN Water Certification program. Congratulations to the Smude family!

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is attending AURI/Target event and listing to an @AricForMN as a Keynote welcome about MN Agriculture and what’s make it the best in feeding the world.

As part of the emerging farmer working group meeting. We took a tour of @2harvest and it was amazing!! Thank you for having us!!

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is attending the 2026 connections to success annual dinner in St. Paul. Thank you to Basil ajuo for the invite.

Listening to @alisonsmith giving keynote speech and it’s all about leadership as a cottage food producer! Well done!

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is attending and speaking at the first Cottage Foodiecon, the first in the nation.

Assistant Commissioner Bailey spoke to students from the entrepreneurship and innovation center at Macalester College who came to Frogtown Park and Farm to work in the garden. Huge thank you to Marcus Carpenter from Route 1 for bringing the students to the farm. @schneitr @ThommyPetersen @Macalester

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is speaking at the Food Justice Summit in Duluth. Thank you to all farmers, students, people from UMN CFANS. Thank you to Metric Giles, Michael Chaney, Vitalis and many others.

Today, Sheletta Brundidge and I appeared on @WCCO regarding a new event that we are working together on with The @MNagriculture on February 2, 2026. This event is for those who are curious about starting a food business or growing the one you already have. This is going to be a virtual event, so register now! visit mda.state.mn.us/growing-food… cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/…

Good morning, hope people are staying warm. Did you know that we have a virtual event, Growing Food & Agriculture Businesses. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture in collaboration with Sheletta Brundidge of shelettamakesmelaugh.com is going to have a virtual event called Growing Food & Ag Businesses in Minnesota on February 2,2026. Register now! Visit mn.state.us.gov/events. @WCCO @MNagriculture