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Lazy Farming? Windhaven Farm Embraces Regenerative Agricultural Practices To Bring The Land to Life
Alex Green and Vanessa Gillman are the hardest working lazy people you’ve ever met. That’s why Alex and Vanessa believe in the power of regenerative agriculture.
Playing in the Mud: Functional Heirlooms’ Norwegian-Mexican-American Pottery
Ceramics are both beautiful objects and a domestic necessity used in intimate ways. “I love the function of the pieces I create. You are able to eat out of them; you put your mouth to them,” muses Wendy Eggerman of Functional Heirlooms. “How many forms of art do you put your mouth to? How many forms of art do you interact with on that level?”
Feeding the Grass for the Best Grass Fed Beef: Blackberry Ridge Farms
“My biggest surprise in running Blackberry Ridge Farms is how much failure is involved in farming. Nearly every day we say, ‘Okay, that didn't work, what will we do next?,’” shares Erin Gervais. “We are constantly pivoting and innovating. It's so humbling and at the same time incredibly rewarding because many times we do succeed, and success is far sweeter after some failure.”
The Black Radish: Reinventing the Urban CSA, One Yard at a Time
The Black Radish is an urban oasis where sunflowers tower and ripe beans dangle in magical tunnels. Tucked into its south Minneapolis neighborhood, this farm fosters community through the weekly gathering of CSA pickup, the volunteers who make the work possible, and the yards that nourish local residents.
Small Batch Specialty Roasts: Walnut Grove’s Half Pint Coffee Co
Freshly opened in June 2024, Half Pint Coffee Company brings a new coffee house to downtown Walnut Grove. The menu includes a full coffee bar featuring Half Pint Coffee Co’s freshly roasted beans along with baked treats, smoothies, teas and hand scooped ice cream.
Celebrating the Thorny Parts: The Okee Dokee Brothers’ Climate Challenge in “Brambletown”
“We tried over and over and over again to write a song about climate change. It’s really hard to do that, especially for kids,” explained Joe. “In the end the song ‘Trouble in Paradise’ reflected more than just climate change. It ended up surprising us that the song was about a world that was living by the narrative of separation.”
