..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!
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Nate and Sarah Jensen planted their first apple trees in 2018. Today they have four acres featuring five apple varieties - Honeycrisp, First Kiss, Cortland, Zestar and Honey Gold. It’s a family operation which involves their five children. Learn more through their Facebook page Rivers Bend Orchard.
Rick and Sharon Julian own and operate Lake Ida Apple Farm near Lake Park, MN. Their U-Pick operation features Nine varieties of apple trees and over 40 varieties of crab apples which are ready for picking from August until October. They have more than 200 trees and also grow asparagus.
