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Isaiah Schwen, son of Steven Schwen, owner of Oak Center General Store, has moved back to help his father transition the business to the next generation. → Read More
Chuck Tryon, president of Bushel Boy Farms, said the company will produce almost a million pounds of cucumbers by the end of the year. → Read More
The goal of the Village Farmers Market was to build confidence in Village Agricultural Cooperative farmers and get them ready to participate in mainstream markets. → Read More
Goats On The Go affiliates throughout the U.S. use goats to control nuisance and invasive vegetation on residential and public properties. → Read More
Other Half Processing was created after the two brothers realized that animal byproducts from animals raised in regenerative systems were either just not being collected or weren’t kept separate from the commodity stream. → Read More
Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, said the pumpkin he’s growing this year could weigh more than the one he grew in 2020, which was the heaviest pumpkin in North America that year. → Read More
The 38-page report offers data and stories from inside meat processors across Minnesota and recommendations to support and expand the local meat processing industry. → Read More
Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. “We’ve been through some really tough times,” said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher Dairy Farm in Plainview, which milks around 150 cows using two Lely robots that were installed in 2014. → Read More
A Nov. 18 virtual event which included speakers Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, State Representative Samantha Vang, Union Hmong Kitchen Chef Yia Vang and HAFA co-founders Pakou and Janssen Hang, celebrated the association reaching its funding goal to purchase the 155 acres it now farms on. → Read More
Farmers and fiber artists Theresa Bentz and Alejandra Sanchez have formed a business partnership in which they help each other expand their flocks as well as their supply of natural dyes. The two also teach classes to others in the wool community. → Read More
R.J. Kern's book The Unchosen Ones captures Minnesota 4-H students side-by-side, taken four years apart from each other. → Read More
A collaboration that started three years ago between Kim Sin and Amanda Nigon-Crowley has turned into a nonprofit venture that's now serving at least 15 immigrant communities in the city of Rochester. → Read More
After two failed farmland purchase agreements, Naima Dhore recently signed a lease to begin farming land in Alexandria, Minnesota, which she'll transition her small-scale organic operation to in February. → Read More
Revolutionary Earth Farm supported 45 food insecure families in 2021, distributing over 9,000 pounds of fresh produce. → Read More
Amanda Volsen, who helps with her family's farm in Faribault County, was an employee of Mayo Clinic until she was terminated over her decision to remain unvaccinated. → Read More
Charlie Mayo acquired nine farms throughout the years in which he built out the Mayowood property in Rochester where he lived. → Read More
St. Joseph Equipment in Eyota, Minn. is facing supply chain problems stemming from the pandemic, as well as problems filling mechanical and parts positions. → Read More
Lance Klessig, a resource specialist for Winona County Soil and Water Conservation District, has built a strong following through his in-person workshops and his YouTube channel. → Read More
BIPOC farmers in the state are in plain sight but still being overlooked, according to the director of the state's emerging farmers movement and an Indigenous producer. → Read More
Minnesota's overall drought conditions worsened from last week, when the state hit the exceptional drought category for the first time since the inception of the modern U.S. Drought Monitor in 1994. → Read More