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Diversely Delicious Cheese and Spirits: Redhead Creamery’s A Destination
Redhead Creamery currently produces 14 varieties of artisan cheese in addition to a drinkable yogurt and bottling cream line milk. Alise is the head cheesemaker and her husband Lucas is the head distiller. “Lucas and I make a good team,” smiles Alise. “I’ve always been fascinated with how things are made. I always want to learn more or figure out what’s not working, how to make things better. Lucas is very good at writing, researching grants, and sorting through the regulations we need to follow.”
Best in Show: First-Generation Family Farm Rustic Roots is MN Garlic Festival Winner
The Olberdings bought a neglected piece of farmland in Alexandria. Removing the decaying farm equipment and taking care of the land itself allowed them to establish their award-winning garlic crop.
Recrafting Premium Cocktails: Dapper Barons Develops Local Low Carb Liqueurs
Have you heard the one about two Michiganders who move to Minnesota, embrace low sugar diets, and found a premium liqueur company in the midst of a pandemic? Read on to meet Ryan Boudreau of Edina and Jeff Roslund of Eagan, the founders of Eagan-based Dapper Barons—Low Sugar Premium Liqueurs.
Gallery 24: Artist-Led Gallery Engages with its Rochester Community
Gallery 24 is a non-profit collaborative space run by more than two dozen local artists from Rochester and the surrounding communities. Located at 120 Elton Hills Dr. NW, the gallery is open six days a week. When you visit in store, the volunteers you meet are the same people who have created everything on display.
Sweet release: Fiddlesticks Bakery makes gluten free taste so good
Jenny Casper relaunched Fiddlesticks Bakery, her Eagan cottage bakery, in the fall of 2023 with gluten-free celiac-friendly cinnamon rolls.
Urban Harvest: Black Radish Farm Grows Community
“Growing food is stressful,” explained Jade and Carrie of the artist-led Black Radish Urban Farm in Minneapolis. “It’s also a beautiful thing. Local food can build community.” “Our farm in non-traditional in every aspect,” states Carrie. “We feel like it’s more community art than farming. We want to be able to replicate our model and grow into other neighborhoods. More people should be able to come together in their own community through food.”
