Aric Putnam

The Minnesota Senate just followed the House in passing the agriculture omnibus bill, which funds @MNagriculture, the Board of Animal Health, AURI, and the @mndeed Office of Broadband for the coming two years.

Our bipartisan bill to create an independent Office of Inspector General took another big step forward after successfully passing out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Thank you to my co-authors @MichaelKreun (co-presenting) @SenatorDraheim @SenRonLatz and @AricForMN.

Thanks for stopping by Minnesota Corn. Great to see good friends.

Thanks to our friends at the Minnesota Farmer’s Union and everyone who attended the green ammonia summit last week. It was a great opportunity to share about the intersections of science, sustainability, and agriculture.

The United Way of central Mn convening today was a great time. So many folks from all over the community came together to hear the good news of the good work in our community. Thanks Amy.

The MGA was happy to present Catholic Charities of St. Cloud with $500 on behalf of Sen Aric Putnam (@AricForMN) for his participation in the 2024 Bipartisan Bag-Off! Thank you for the incredible work you do!

It is a good thing when good people doing good work get recognized. Congratulations, my dear.

Great day in Northfield. We talked with students doing undergrad research on soil health and visited a nearby farm that’s doing that work. Very cool. Special thanks to my pal Bill Lieske for hanging with us.

Today @AricForMN & @SenatorChampion met with UWCM child care partners & providers–including reps from UWCM's Central MN Child Care Response Fund committee–to discuss how state funds are used locally & how more funding could impact this critical issue. #CollectiveImpact

"We need to think of broadband as a utility." Senator Aric Putnam at MN Broadband Task Force Mtg. @AricForMN @mndeed #mnbroadband

Assistant Commissioner Bailey is at Big River Farms on a Senate Ag farm tour to look at how to break down barriers for access to land and infrastructure etc. Great to see legislators looking at the farm and farmers. @AricForMN @epmurphymn @TheFoodGroupMN

Here’s where I’ll be this summer having great conversations with great friends, doing our best work.

We were thrilled to visit Integrated Recycling Technologies with folks from @NokomisEnergy, @MN_CEF, @EDF_Renewables, @TruNorthSolar, and Dept. of Commerce, as well as Senators @RobKupec and Aric Putnam. Thanks all for discussing the future of solar panel recycling! @AricForMN

A whole crew came with us to tour Farmamerica. We need places like this to retain and tell the story of Minnesota’s long and varied history of agriculture. Thanks to all who came and all who hosted.

Thanks Dale and the mighty Commissioner Peterson for hosting Senator Kunesh and I and teaching us a bit about how you facilitate livestock sales. Very interesting stuff. Thanks for lunch too, btw.

Naima and her husband are doing brilliant things on their farm, innovative practices that make work more efficient and productive, as farmers do. Thanks for sharing your farm with the Senate Ag Committee.

Our pal ⁦@RobKupec⁩ and his new facial hair came to visit us in St. Cloud and tour the mighty IRT, a business doing great things to recycle electronics. Thanks Rob and IRT.

I got to meet the Stearns County Dairy Princesses at the St Joseph parade today. Happy Independence Day to them and to you.

Thanks to our friends in the Civil Air Patrol who invited me back to Camp Ripley to visit with them about leadership.

Fred Yiran African Arts day at Lake George in St. Cloud. Great weather, great music, great friends.