sourcing
— Our Farmers + Friends —
Our relationships may vary seasonally as farmers have offerings throughout the year
and as we continually add new partnerships.
Wild Acres
Wild Acres specializes in outdoor-raised domestic poultry and wild game birds. Second generation owner Pat Ebnet and family, along with his staff, are devoted to every batch of chickens, ducks, pheasants and turkey
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Shepherd’s Way Farms
Steven Read and Jodi Ohlsen Read of Shepherd’s Way Farms in Nerstrand, a sheep’s milk cheese farm, began farming in 1994 after thinking long and hard about how they wanted
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Smude’s Sunflower Oil
Smude Enterprises LLC in Pierz provides a premium cold pressed sunflower oil with exceptional quality and flavor. Owned by Tom and Jenni Smude, Smude Sunflower Oil uses only high oleic
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Stony Creek Dairy
Dating back to the 1800s, seven generations of the Schoenberg family have farmed land in central Minnesota. Because the Stony Creek Dairy bottling plant is a mere three hundred feet
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Untiedt’s Vegetable Farm
Leading a farming revolution in Minnesota with their scaled up high tunnel production is the Untiedt family of Untiedt’s Vegetable Farm, Inc. in Waverly and Montrose. Also called hoophouses, high
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Alemar Cheese
Alemar Cheese Company crafts small batches of French-inspired cheeses like Camembert and Brie using milk from 100% grass fed cows. Located in the Food Building in Northeast Minneaspolis, Alemar artisan
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Baker’s Field Flour & Bread
At Baker’s Field Flour & Bread, single-origin, Midwest-farmed whole grains are milled into flour in a small batch bakery inside the Food Building in Northeast Minneapolis. The flour is then
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Capra Nera Creamery
As a farmstead creamery, Capra Nera handcrafted cheeses are made from a single source of milk: the thirty or so goats that comprise the milking herd at the farm in
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Chieftain Wild Rice
Chieftain Wild Rice sources from a network of farmers in Aitkin, Minnesota. Chieftain processes and distributes the wild rice themselves giving them complete control of the process and assuring the
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Donnay Dairy
Donnay Dairy is a family owned business which handcrafts small batches of delicious goat cheese favored by chefs for the standout creamy texture and tang. Owners Brad and Leanne Donnay
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Doubting Thomas Farms
Doubting Thomas Farms is a twelve hundred acre certified organic farm in Moorhead producing grains and vegetables. Doubting Thomas Farms is on a mission to produce local, wholesome, minimally processed,
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Eichten’s
At Eichten’s Hidden Acres, Ed Eichten and sister Eileen Eichten raise American Plains bison that graze contentedly on native grasses on their farm in Center City. Ed and Eileen are
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Ferndale Market
Ferndale Market in Cannon Falls is a modestly-sized family turkey farm raising 150,000 Broad Breasted White turkeys annually. Besides the outstanding flavor, Ferndale Market is well known for raising their
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Food Building
Located in Northeast Minneapolis, Food Building is an urban food production hub connecting farmers, makers, purveyors, and eaters in Minnesota’s food community. Food Buildling houses three artisan food businesses –
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Frisk Fra Boksen
Frisk Fra Boksen grows a variety of lettuces and herbs through an advanced hydroponic system housed inside a shipping container. Owners Chris and Barb Glasoe’s “Freight Farm” in Shoreview can
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Locally Laid Egg Co.
Our eggs come from the happy hens at Locally Laid Egg Co., a partnership of locally-owned farms that source and sell within their region. Locally Laid chickens roam outside, eat
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Pastures A Plenty
A 4th generation farm, Pastures a Plenty is operated by seven members of the VanDerPol family. Pastures a Plenty offers humanely raised pork, as well as grass fed beef and
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Pettit Pastures
Father-son duo and owners of Pettit Pastures, Tim and Jake Pettit, believe in raising grass-fed cattle in a way that improves the soil, enhances the water cycle, and builds the
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Prairie Hollow Farm
Thanks to Pam Benike and her sons, Isaiah and Jonathan, and her daughter Bethany of Prairie Hollow Farm, the exquisite flavors of southeast Minnesota shine in cheeses, breads, organic vegetables,
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Red Lake Nation Fishery
Red Lake Nation Fishery is owned and operated by the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe, where the goal is to sustainably manage and harvest superior quality wild fish caught by
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