Pesticide drift sends cloud of uncertainty over cooperative

Pesticide drift sends cloud of uncertainty over cooperative farm for new Americans in Moorhead
A suspected pesticide drift incident killed some crops at the New Roots Farm Incubator Cooperative and threatens surviving plants that were grown organically but now might be unsafe to eat or be sold as organic produce.
Written By: Patrick Springer
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Caliton Ntahompagaze, left, talks with Thom Petersen, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, on Wednesday, July 7, about crops being grown on a farm incubator site in Clay County. David Olson/The Forum.
MOORHEAD — Caliton Ntahompagaze spent about $800 planting a variety of vegetables on his small patch of the New Roots Farm Incubator Cooperative.

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