The outdoor medicinal garden at St. Thomas has plants to treat just about every disease you can name: Madagascar periwinkle and evening primrose for diabetes; coneflower… Read More
Medicinal Plants with Magical Properties
Reporting at the Timberwolves Game
ThreeSixty Journalism reporters had media access to the Minnesota Timberwolves game Monday, Jan. 27, against the Sacramento Kings thanks to a partnership with the Star Tribune… Read More
Gourmet Hot Dogs with a Twist
As a young boy, Yia Vang thought hot dogs were “the greatest idea ever.” To Vang, a Hmong refugee born in Thailand and living in Minnesota, an American… Read More
Breaking Bread: All Are Welcome
Have you ever wished there was a restaurant that feels like your own dining room, with big tables like Thanksgiving night? A place where you… Read More
Restaurant Dishes Up Owner’s Passion
“It’s me on a plate,” said John Gleason, owner and head chef at Bap and Chicken. Located at 1328 Grand Ave. in St. Paul’s Macalester-Groveland… Read More
Medicinal Garden Sees Through ‘Plant Blindness’
The sweet aroma of a medicinal garden easily overpowers that known feeling of stepping into a bakery. The Medicinal Garden is nestled outside a greenhouse… Read More
Creating Food, Music for Change
In 2016, youth involved with a North Minneapolis-based nonprofit called Appetite for Change created a music video called “Grow Food.” The five-minute video, (embedded below)… Read More
Yia Vang’s Hmong Restaurant Journey
Yia Vang never enjoyed cooking growing up. He didn’t even enjoy it during college, when it was just a way to pay the bills while he pursued… Read More
A ‘Seed’ Grows, and Then Some
Dig a hole, place the seeds, fill with soil. Next comes the waiting. You can give a seed everything it needs – sun, water, nutrients… Read More
Fast Food, Different Nation
I’d eaten at KFC only once in the United States. I was greeted with dirty floors, inexperienced staff and subpar food. But during a family… Read More
