Stories Matter: Meet the Minnesota Makers
Wind in their Sails: A Sustainable Journey with the Vanilla Bean Project
Traveling Purposefully: Flavorful Coffee Adventures with Coffeewomple
Playing with Fire: Facepunch Foods Brings Flavorful Heat to the Table
Apple Love is for Keeps: Cidery Grows out of Farming Interest
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North Circle Seeds is Seeding a More Diverse Food System
North Circle Seeds Farm in Vergas, Minnesota cultivates dozens of organic seeds for gardens and farms throughout the upper Midwest. Led by Zachary Paige, North Circle Seeds (NCS) commits daily to creating an ecologically diverse, equitable, and inclusive food system. “We are a small company focused on adapting seeds to our area and stewarding different varieties that other companies don’t carry,” states Rachael Roisum, a longtime volunteer at the farm.
Stories Matter: Meet the Minnesota Makers
Minnesota’s people are what make this state an amazing place to be. Minnesota’s people have built and celebrate strong community ties. Diversity is a virtue, an asset that makes the way we live richer.
Wind in their Sails: A Sustainable Journey with the Vanilla Bean Project
Few people think of vanilla as an agricultural product. “For a lot of consumers, vanilla is simply a bottle that they take off the shelf,” explains Sara. “When I first did sampling at local co-ops, I was surprised by how many shoppers had never thought about the origin of their vanilla. They never thought about where it came from, how we make it and why that matters. Few people realize that there’s a seasonality to vanilla. The international market opens at a specific time. The fruit is not always available.”
Traveling Purposefully: Flavorful Coffee Adventures with Coffeewomple
Coffeewomple fans notice how Nicole and Zach’s process highlights the natural flavors of the beans in nuanced ways. “You can make good coffee just by starting out with a good bean. That will get you 90% of the way there,” explains Zach. “That final 10% requires a lot of testing. The palette is huge. One thing you learn early on is that you can’t add a flavor that’s not there. If it’s not in that green bean to start, you’re not going to find it.”
Playing with Fire: Facepunch Foods Brings Flavorful Heat to the Table
Mark Petersen of Stillwater’s Facepunch Foods fell in love with heat when he was six years old. Facepunch has since produced tens of thousands of bottles of sauce, both as Facepunch and as white label recipes for other businesses.
Minnesota’s Perennial Percent Pioneers: Meet Bang Brewing and Sturdiwheat
Does your favorite pancake mix or locally-crafted brew filter stormwater runoff, improve water quality and work towards a healthier future for Minnesota’s rivers? If it carries the Perennial Percent label, it already has.
