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Let us handle the introductionsLaissez-nous faire les présentations
The Land of 10,000 Lakes, Cornhuskers, and the Movie Fargo: Why You Shouldn’t Fly Over the US-Upper Midwest
(especially if you sell food)
Christina ConnellyTrade Commissioner, Agri-Food
Consulate General of Canada in MinneapolisFeb 2020
• “The Mill City”– Washburn and Pillsbury families– Origins of the food processing industry in Minnesota
• Farming – large producers and small family farms– #1 producer of sugar beets and turkeys– #2 in sweet corn, hogs, oats, wild rice– #3 in soybeans, spring wheat, processed green peas
• Value-added processing – ingredients and final goods