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Simple, Clean, and Local: Sturdiwheat Mixes Keep it Simple
That’s how Red Wing’s Sturdiwheat sources the ingredients for their beloved pancake, bread, and dessert mixes. It’s what they’ve done for more than 80 years. Today Sturdiwheat is family-owned and operated by mother-daughter team Suzanne and Missi Blue.
Plastic Potential: Emma Crutcher’s Cool Trash Workshop
For Emma Crutcher of Cool Trash in South Minneapolis other people’s trash is literally her treasure. Emma discovered the Precious Plastic project, which was founded in 2013. This project hosts a suite of open source plans to build machines to recycle plastic on a small scale. “This movement challenges us to think about plastic as a valuable resource for building and creating,” explained Emma
Artisan Naan Bakery: Bringing a More Sustainable Bread to Your Table
Tahir Sandhu and Gwen Williams of St. Cloud, Minnesota’s Artisan Naan Bakery found that the easiest way to eat the naan and other flatbreads they enjoyed was to make it themselves. “We started the bakery for purely selfish reasons,” laughed Gwen. “My husband was quite dissatisfied, and had been for years, with the frozen naan, roti and pita that we found in stores.”
Fresh From the Field: Honeydew Fields Finds the Fertility of Regenerative Agriculture
Honeydew Fields Farm, a regenerative flower farm in Sauk Centre, Minnesota thrives today thanks to a journey in infertility. Lead farmer Leah Bischof knew from a young age that she wanted to farm and that she wanted to be a mom. While she and her husband struggled with infertility, vegetable gardening became a refuge, a place to channel the frustration she felt while they hoped and waited. Wanting to improve her garden, she studied and read. Her research taught her about the need for diversity in her plantings.
How Does Your Garden Grow?: Superior Seed Company Curates Custom Seed Kits
Jen and Eric are the avid gardeners behind Superior Seed Company, a husband-wife small business based in Hermantown. Their garden kits set you up with a garden in an envelope. Curated by an experienced mixologist and enthusiastic home cooks, you’ll find unique herbs and vegetables in each of their collections.
Making it Personal: CSAs Nourish Communities Through Foods, Goods, and Local Connections
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms and businesses are real life examples of individuals collaborating at the local level to support the common good and build thriving communities. Through the CSA model a farm becomes the community’s farm.
