Hi…

..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!

All tagged Millerville Co-op creamery butter

Apr 30

Apr 30 An Egg-cellent Breakfast with Eggs Benedict

Carol Stender

Meat-Eggs, Produce, Recipes

Chef Leon prepared Eggs Benedict for our latest Locally Grown Meal. The eggs came from Alison Nyberg’s farm and the ham from Haffner Family Farm. Millerville Co-op Creamery butter was used in the hollandaise. A great meal!

Oct 4

Oct 4 A Locally Grown Dessert Dream of Rhubarb Torte and Peach Pie

Carol Stender

Recipes, Products

Rhubarb Torte and Peach Cream Pie were the desserts Shawn and Dave Schneeberger brought to our Locally Grown Meal. True to our local meal challenge, the two sourced ingredients from the area including Millerville Co-Op Creamery Butter, Swany White Flour and eggs purchased from a six-year-old who is using the egg money to buy a splash pad. The desserts were flavorful and not too sweet or too tart. Just right.