🌱 How is Cargill’s Wayzata HQ using AI to reshape global food?

Hello Wayzata! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How is Cargill’s Wayzata HQ using AI to reshape global food?

Also on today's calendar: The Original Marius Petipa Nutcracker and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cold; p.m. snow, up to 1", with a high of 18 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: A.M. flurries; cloudy, breezy, temps: high: 17, low: -12.
• Saturday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of -2 and low of -15 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Artificial Intelligence shapes the future of food (dairyfoods.com) — Wayzata readers may be interested that Cargill’s headquarters in town is heavily using artificial intelligence to speed food innovation, recipe development, and production decisions worldwide. Executives describe AI tools that predict equipment failures, refine product formulations, and capture expert knowledge, arguing that dairy and agrifood companies adopting these systems are cutting waste, improving yields, and bringing new products to market faster.
   

📸 Around Wayzata

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wayzata

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• The Original Marius Petipa Nutcracker
  Eden Prairie High School Performing Arts Center, 17164-17198 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• STMA vs Wayzata
  St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East , 4862 Naber Ave. NE , St Michael
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Minnetonka Center for the Arts Fall Classes
  Minnetonka Center For the Arts , 2240 N Shore Dr , Wayzata
  9:00 am

Monday December 15

• Planning Commission Meeting
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• City Council Workshop
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Minnetonka Center for the Arts 2025 Arts of the Holidays Show & Sale
  Minnetonka Center For the Arts , 2240 N Shore Dr , Wayzata
  10:00 am
• Crafternoon
  Wayzata Library , 620 Rice Street , Wayzata
  2:00 pm
• Parks and Trails Board Meeting
  Wayzata, MN Calendar
  6:00 pm

📣 Wayzata Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Baby Storytime
  Minnetonka Library , 17524 Excelsior Boulevard , Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Panache Apparel's Holiday Boutique Warehouse Sale
  15300 Minnetonka Industrial Rd , Minnetonka
  3:30 pm
• New Perspective Ribbon Cutting
  New Perspective Minnetonka , 18605 Old Excelsior Blvd , Minnetonka
  4:00 pm
• Baby Storytime (Event 10 of 10)
  17524 Excelsior Blvd , Minnetonka
  4:00 pm

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• AnnapurnaBlue Heath and Wellness — (952) 405-0342
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone missing a German shorthair with a lime green collar?
  I saw it chasing a bunny in my yard, wasn’t able to snap a picture. Brown Road S near Willow. (Nextdoor Willow)
• The Red Rooster on a snowy winter evening.
  Nothing better! Red Rooster Lounge & Restaurant (Nextdoor Willow)

• Lunds & Byerlys - Lund Food Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier - Afternoons in Wayzata. Apply here.
• Zach Augustyn - State Farm Agent posted a job opening for Account Representative - State Farm Agent Team Member in Wayzata. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wayzata here.

🗞 Nearby News

Minnetonka

• Like to shovel? Volunteers needed to help dig out neighbors (kare11.com)
• US dispatch, day 3: second officer testifies Luigi Mangione used fake identification, invoked silence after admitting identity (jurist.org)
• Man charged in Eden Prairie Scheels thefts - Eden Prairie Local News (eplocalnews.org)

Orono

• Orono debate team takes skills to invites (hometownsource.com)

Minneapolis

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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