• 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.

  • 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. 

  • I Went Organic Because of the Soil: Jack Hedin of Featherstone Farm

    Do you know Featherstone Farm’s two secrets to nutritious organic vegetables for their CSA community and wholesale customers?

  • Pettit Pastures: Regenerative Agriculture Becomes A Family Farming Tradition

    Pettit Pastures, its people, animals, and plants, demonstrate everyday that agriculture and nature can coexist. Through the practice of regenerative agriculture, the Pettit Family restores a healthy balance to their land while raising premium beef and pork for their community.