• 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. 

  • Spreading some sunshine: Twofold Blooms brings fresh flowers to those who need them most

    Marie Schuhwerck hated to see the waste generated by the brief life of beautiful floral arrangements. They had so much beauty still to share; there had to be another option rather than moving them to the trash

  • Meet the Minnesota Makers Hits the Road: Let’s Go To Winona!

    Winona, the Miami of Minnesota, is just far enough away from the Twin Cities to feel special, but close enough to make for an easy weekend escape

  • Simple, Seasonal, Sweet: Savoring Minnesota’s Seasons with Earthtani Bakery

    Toni Luschen's baking celebrates the harmony of Minnesota’s seasons and flavors. Her rotating menus include many ingredients harvested and preserved from her own yard. What she doesn’t grow, she sources on her weekly trips to the St Paul Farmers Market. 

  • Fusing Light and Color: Paulie’s Glass Studio Creates Eye-Catching Designs

    Pauline Reller of Farmington’s Paulie's Studio shapes glass into eye-catching designs. Pauline creates dishes, jewelry, magnets, and wall hangings.

  • Legacy Building: Lara Cornell’s Artistic Business Vision

    From her own botanical paintings to the coaching she provides artists and artisans, Lara Cornell challenges her community to consider the long-term impact of their work. Impact includes eco-impact, social justice, equality, biodiversity, and economic questions. Lara disrupts the myth of the starving artist in order to empower creatives to found sustainable, economically-sound businesses that make the world a little more fair.