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February, 20
Growing to Meet Local Demand: How Brakstad Family Farm Feeds Their Community
Robyn and Lance along with their daughter Stephanie Kirkham love sharing their farm with the community. At Brakstad Family Farm this takes the form of supplying fresh, nutrient-dense produce and grass fed beef that nourishes their customers. This nourishment reaches people through CSA subscriptions, on site farm store visitors or through the food shelves, grocery stores and farmers markets that carry their products.
Fiber Arts: Raising Sheep, Producing Wool, and Finding Community at Get Bentz Farm
Get Bentz Farm is 30 acres of Cannon Valley goodness to raise Icelandic sheep and discover all the cool things Theresa can make with her own wool.
Lime Street Beckons: Jamie Rae Miller’s Creative Space
“Lime Street Creative + Co was generated out of the idea that it wouldn’t just be me. It would be a cooperative process,” explained Jamie. “Making deeper connections with my clients becomes an invaluable part of the artwork. It’s something that you simply cannot find through the ‘big box’ stores.”
Meet the Microbe Farm-her: Christina Traeger’s Mission to Raise Beef That Heals
Discover how one Avon, Minnesota farmer is transforming soil, cattle, and lives through nutrient-dense, allergen-friendly, pasture-raised meats. Meat is available at farmers markets, area drop sites, and for on-farm pick up.
It Starts With the Soil: Hart Country Meat’s Grass Fed Beef
Jessica and Tony Heiden, along with Tony’s parents, lead the current generations working side by side to raise their herd on healthy pastureland without the use of implanted hormones. Their cattle are finished on hay and corn grown on the farm.
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 three young children raise a myriad of mushrooms at their certified organic ten acre solar- powered farm.
