Impact of Ukraine war ripples across Minnesota's agriculture sector

Inna Kozionova and three other Ukrainian women sit at a picnic table near an old farmhouse.

Fields of emerging cucumbers and cabbage, backlit by the late-day sun, surround them. This moment - of being lulled by the buzz of cicadas - is a far cry from their war-torn home. The four women came to Waverly, Minn., as seasonal workers for Untiedt's Vegetable Farm, a job that offers a welcome distraction during the day from their worst thoughts.

Kozionova's husband serves in the Ukrainian military. The 35-year-old woman crossed her country's border into Moldova with her 3-year-old son after fleeing her parents' home in March. She now waves to the boy, who wears a T-shirt adorned with airplanes, in the doorway.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-ukraine-agricultural-connections-run-deep/600194590/