..and welcome from The Local Growers.
Here you will find the stories about those individuals who grow food and make products locally.
These are some of the people I’ve met while looking for good foods - locally grown foods.
I know their journey. It’s one I experienced growing up on our family farm in West Central Minnesota. That farm was diversified. In other words, we raised several things - crops, hogs, dairy and chickens.
Our meals featured the garden produce my mom harvested, canned and froze and the meat, eggs and dairy products we raised.
It was wholesome food!
While I don’t live on that farm anymore, I am always on the search for locally grown foods. I invite you to join me in this great journey.
Let’s go!
It’s time to Kill Dark Gloomy Evenings with fun activities and local grown foods and products! There are many to choose from including Eagleview Winery wines and cheeses from Redhead Creamery.
Eagleview Winery near Ashby reflects its farm background in the names of its wines from Broken Down Tractor to Burning Combine. Shannon and Linda Moerke have created the perfect wines using grape varieties hardy to this region. Their farm has an eagle’s view of the area and some resident eagles they enjoy watching. They have an event center and a tasting room that offers a great view of the vineyard and area.
The Millerville Co-op Creamery is one of the remaining Minnesota creameries to produce small batch butter. What makes it to special and sought after? It’s buttery richness! It’s great for cooking and baking and a super spread on toast and lefse!
Heritage Acres near Wadena, MN raises turkeys, broiler chickens, layers for eggs and lamb on their 80-acre hobby farm. The sheep dine on pasture and the chickens and turkeys are free range. Poultry dine on wild raspberries and acorns in a wooded pasture.
It’s a great time for Farmers Market produce! There are a lot of great fresh fruits and vegetables available now. Check it out!
Larry and Lois Nelson offer sweet spreadable jams and jellies with a bountiful variety of flavors from traditional strawberry jams to raspberry jalapeño. Fun flavors good for spreading on breakfast toast or cooking with…Yum!