A bipartisan caucus dedicated to strengthening the state’s local food economy has been founded in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Via the press release [PDF]: “A new Local Food Caucus is being put together by State Rep. Jim Davnie (DFL- Minneapolis) and State Rep. Ron Shimanski (R- Silver Lake). The bipartisan group will host several conversations in the interim on the issue and work with the Senate, which has a local foods caucus.”