• Community Sourcing: River Rock Kitchen & Baking Co Keeps it Local in St Peter

    River Rock Kitchen & Baking Co’s local community impact starts with sourcing. Under Montana’s leadership, the bakery sources their ingredients from more than a dozen farms, mills, and cooperatives in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

  • Small Batch Specialty Roasts: Walnut Grove’s Half Pint Coffee Co

    Freshly opened in June 2024, Half Pint Coffee Company brings a new coffee house to downtown Walnut Grove. The menu includes a full coffee bar featuring Half Pint Coffee Co’s freshly roasted beans along with baked treats, smoothies, teas and hand scooped ice cream.

  • Mushrooms Powered by the Sun: Fiddlehead Knob Farm’s Sustainable Path Forward

    On a rise in southern Minnesota that Rachel Davis’ ancestors called Poverty Knob, Kalvin, Rachel and their two young children (soon to be three in January!) raise a myriad of mushrooms at their ten acre solar- powered farm. 

  • Courage & Clay: Much More Than Earrings

    Meet Brittany of Courage & Clay. This St Louis Park woman-owned business creates earrings that are simple and stylish. Brittany has a sharp eye for design and a desire to create pieces that will inspire the people who wear them.

  • The Hands That Shape: Shaping an Artistic Vision

    Meet Jamie Bowser, a self-taught wood and 3-D paper artist from Faribault, MN. She designs and creates her laser cut designs from her workshop in their historic farmhouse home.

  • Mochuelo by Elsa: Magical Owls of Fun, Wisdom, Arts, and Healing

    Meet Elsa Sanchez of Mochuelo by Elsa. Learning to sew and creating whimsical and wise owls brought Elsa happiness and healing.