| Avalon British
Whites raises British White Cattle in a natural and stress-free
environment. The animals are selected from the best stock available
and then raised to provide excellent breeding stock for other producers,
or healthy and tender additions to local dinner tables.
We encourage any prospective buyers to investigate
what makes the British White so desirable as a beef breed,
consider what makes grass-finished superior health wise, then contact
us if a grassfed British White seems a good fit. With only 1300
British White cows registered in the US, we are confident that we
are one of a few, if not the only, source of grass-finished British
White beef in North America. Visit the BWCAA website at http://www.britishwhite.org
Avalon British Whites, Field and Alison McConnell,
14834 28th AVE S, Glyndon
MN 56547. (218) 498-2568. E-mail: avalonbeef@aol.com
Beaver
Creek Farm specializes in Salad Bar meats, including chicken,
beef, meat, goats, eggs, lamb, pork, rabbit, stewing hens and
turkey. The meat is available by reservation from May through
October on a first come, first served basis. Eggs are always
available.
Customers can come to the farm to pick up their
fresh rabbit and chickens. The larger animals are slaughtered on
the farm to alleviate stress on the animal while preserving meat
tenderness and then shipped to the butcher. Eggs may be delivered
locally or picked up at the farm.
We consider ourselves stewards of the land.
It is our responsibility as grassfarmers to care for and improve
our farm to the best of our ability. This means that we do not apply
artificial fertilizers of chemicals on our pastures. Our livestock
are not fed subtherapeutic antibiotics, steroids, or arsenic as
growth enhancers. However, they do receive probiotics, kelp meal,
natural vitamins, fresh air, sunshine, and clean paddocks.
Customers and potential customers are welcome
to come visit us at our farm, which is an hour's drive north of
the Twin Cities. Call, write, or send an e-mail for an order form.
Beaver Creek Farm, Dale Barnick, 2518 Ivory
Street, Mora
MN 55051. (320) 679-0366. E-mail: farmerhoggett@hotmail.com
Braucher’s
Sunshine Harvest Farm raises 100% grass fed beef, pastured
chickens and eggs, and grass fed lamb.
Our animals are raised
on pastures with organic standards; we do not use antibiotics,
hormones, or any chemicals. They are treated humanely and are
provided with plenty of sunshine, grass, clean water, and fresh
air. The chickens are supplemented with flax and organic grains.
Beef is sold by the whole, half, or quarter
and cut to your specifications. Smaller quantities are also available.
Processing is done at a USDA inspected facility in Cannon Falls,
MN. Beef, lamb, poultry, and eggs are available year round. Delivery
is available. We also offer a meat and egg CSA with various options.
We can also be found at the Mill
City Farmers Market.
We believe in sustainable agriculture and management
intensive grazing on pastures free of pesticides, herbicides, or
chemical fertilizers.
We are located off 35W, 30 miles south of
Minneapolis. Please call or e-mail for prices.
Braucher's Sunshine
Harvest Farm, Mike Braucher, 2230
35th Street West, Webster MN 55088. (952) 652-1911.
E-mail: sunshineharvestfarm@hotmail.com
Buffalo
Gal/Money Creek Buffalo Ranch maintains one of the finest
quality bison herds in America today. Years of experience,
dedication, and attention go into the maintenance and care of these
top quality animals. Located in the Mississippi River Valley, our
buffalo are raised on a diet of native grasses and sun-cured hay
without fat-boosting hormones, antibiotics, or supplements. By using
the intensive grazing method, our bison are kept as natural as possible.
We also raise Russian wild pigs in the same manner.
Our company offers a full line of delicious
and healthy buffalo meat products for your enjoyment. Items include
jerky, summer sausage, pepperoni sticks, kippered strips, Buff Snuff,
buffalo chips, steaks, roasts, brats, hot dogs, Italian and ring
sausages, and our very own farmer's brand sausage. Be sure to check
out our specials and meat gift packages on our website.
Processed products are shipped via ground transportation.
Frozen meat products are shipped via UPS second day or third day
select during the cooler months. Shipping and handling charges are
based upon weight and destination. To order, call us at the number
listed below or e-mail
us.
Buffalo Gal/Money Creek Buffalo Ranch, Mike
Fogel, Route 1, Box 72, Houston
MN 55943. (507) 896-2345. E-mail sales@buffalogal.com
Website: http://www.buffalogal.com
Cedar
Summit Farm has been a family dairy farm for three generations.
They have adopted a grazing system where all animals are pastured
on the land for at least seven months and fed stored grasses the
remainder of the year. No antibiotics or added hormones (rBGH) are
used. They raise beef, pork, chickens and even turkeys
for Thanksgiving!
Cedar Summit Farm also has an onsite creamery
for an assortment of dairy products including non-homogenized milk
and cream in glass bottles, yogurt, ice cream, butter, hard cheeses,
and sour cream. Feel free to visit them at any time. Their production
hours are Monday–Friday 8–6 and Saturdays 8–12.
You can purchase a wide variety of meats and dairy products in the
creamery showroom.
You can find many of their dairy products at
Twin Cities Natural Food Co-ops. They also provide home delivery
service to New Prague and surrounding areas. Call for information.
Cedar Summit Farm, Dave and Florence Minar,
25830 Drexel Avenue, New
Prague MN 56071. (952) 758-6886.
E-mail: orders@cedarsummit.com
Website: http://www.cedarsummit.com
Cliff's Homegrown Beef sells pampered
grass finished beef by the 1/2, 1/4, and Bundle. We truck
locally, or ship UPS from the South Dakota/Minnesota border area.
Our beef start life on the native prairies and
once weaned move to high quality, high energy, grass alfalfa mix
or similar quality winter forage. Our beef is free of hormone implants,
and antibiotics. The SOILS here in South Dakota are geologically
young, being from the most recent Wisconsin glacial advance. They
are still rich in trace minerals that today have been leached out
of older more weathered soils. The cattle get supplemental salt
and minerals, but much is provided to the plants by the soil and
of course from the plants to the animals.
The cattle here are from moderate framed older
style genetics. Small groups that survived the shift to mass-produced
feed lot beef during the past 30 years. The thing I like best about
this system is what it means to the animal. A feedlot is dust and
flies, or mud and muck, shoulder to shoulder at the feed bunk. Nature
is not always kind, but it is life closer to what was meant to be.
Cliff's Homegrown Beef, Cliff Millsapps, 809
Herrick Street, Gary SD 57237. (605) 880-0658. E-mail:
ccmillsapps@yahoo.com.
Website:
http://www.homegrownbeef.com
.
Downing
Family Farm, a fourth generation family farm located in east
central Minnesota, is a producer of 100% grass-fed beef.
All animals are raised and finished on a diet of lush pasture in
the summer and high-quality hay in the winter. The animals are harvested
at 2 1/2 years of age for superior flavor, and fully finished and
marbled.
Beef is available by the split half. Visit our
website for more details.
Downing Family Farm, Dan Downing, 5315 Royalton
Road, Braham
MN 55006. (320) 396-3324. E-mail: dandrea@ecenet.com.
Website: http://www.downingpumpkins.com/beef.
Dutch
Mill Farm has been a certified organic farm for ten years.
Grass-finished lamb and beef are available from October
through December. Lambs are sold whole or by halves. Beef is available
in whole carcasses, halves, and 25# family packs.
Douglas Gunnink is a consultant in grassfed
and organic production and can advise on fertilizers, soil amendments,
seed, equipment, forage/soil testing and livestock supplies.
Dutch Mill Farm, Douglas and Janet Gunnink,
25303 461 Ave., Gaylord MN 55334. (507) 237-5162. Fax: (507) 237-2343.
E-mail: dgunnink@prairie.lakes.com
Earth-Be-Glad-Farm
is a certified organic farm specializing in 100% grass-fed beef
and certified organic free-range chickens and turkeys.
Our cattle graze carefully-managed rotational pasture as much of
the year as possible. In the winter months the cattle eat our stored
hay. Our chickens and turkeys are fed only our own homegrown certified
organic grains and the grass and bugs they choose outside.
Grass-fed beef is available year-round
in any quantity. Chickens are available May-November, and turkeys
are sold fresh at Thanksgiving. Processing is done at a USDA inspected
facility.
There are no synthetic growth-promoters, hormones,
or antibiotics in any of our products. We strive to provide the
best food possible using humane and earth-friendly methods. We have
over 15 years experience selling beef direct to customers and we
also sell at 2 local food co-ops (The Good Food Store in
Rochester and the Bluff Country Co-op of Winona) and the
Winona Farmers' Market.
Earth-Be-Glad Farm, Mike, Jennifer, and Johanna
Rupprecht, 18828 County Road 20, Lewiston
MN 55952. (507) 523-2564.
E-mail: ebgfarm@hbci.com
Earthwize
Natural Meats is a coalition of small-scale family farmers
committed to sustainable, environmentally responsible farming and
to providing healthy, natural foods for their customers. "Earthwize
farmers use time-tested traditional farming practices that are more
beneficial to the environment and more humane for our animals. We
give the animals plenty of room, clean water, and grass. We feed
them a balanced, natural diet that includes foods such as kelp meal
to strengthen their health rather than rely on antibiotics and other
medications."
Beef is available year round in variety
packs of 25 to 50 pounds. Pork is seasonal and is sold in
variety packs of 30 to 40 pounds. Chicken is seasonal (spring
through fall) and is available as whole chickens, which average
5 pounds and are packaged six to a box. All meat is frozen and processed
at plants meeting USDA standards. Additional ordering information
can be found at their website.
Earthwize Natural Meats, Mark Thell, 2100 CR
4, Carlton
MN 55718-8141. (218) 384-9350. E-mail: thell@computerpro.com
Website: http://soarizona.net/greatbeef/earthwize.html
Farm On
Wheels has green grass-fed organic heirloom animals that are
raised on green pasture. Heirloom breeds are known for better flavor.
We do not use corn or soy in any of the animals' diets. Certified
Organic since 1994.
We enjoy sharing the tradition of working with
nature and sustainability to create synergistic nutrient dense foods
on our local multi generation family farm. We offer: Chicken,
Beef, Turkey, Lamb, Pork, Duck, Goose, Goat; (over 150 low fat
meat cuts to choose from), Lard, Butter & Eggs. All
products are full of CLA & omega 3s.
Farm On Wheels products are available at the
Just Food store in Northfield, the Black Dog restaurant
on 4th Street in St. Paul, and at the following Farmers' Markets.
(Ask for winter market schedule dates and times if possible). We
accept Master Card and Visa.
- St. Paul Farmers Market, 5th Street & Wall, Saturdays 6
AM to 1 PM and Sundays 8 AM to 1 PM.
- Burnsville Thursday, Mary Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road,
Noon to 5 PM.
- Minneapolis Farmers Market Annex, 200E Lyndale Avenue N, Saturday
and Sunday, 6 AM to 1 PM.
- Prior Lake Farmers Market, Hwy 13 & Pleasant Street, Saturdays,
8 AM to Noon.
- Northfield Farmers Market, 7th Street (beside Riverside Park),
Fridays, 11:45 AM to 1 PM.
Farm On Wheels is home to happy animals raised
on grass and sunshine. Our grass-fed animals eat right so you can
too. We believe where and how you spend your money can change the
world.
Farm On Wheels, Linda and Mike Noble, 53288
110th Avenue, Kenyon MN 55946. (507) 789-6679.
E-mail: farm.on.wheels@juno.com.
Website: http://www.cannon.net/~farmonwh.
George
and Mary's Best Darn Chickens 'Round has more than chickens—they
also provide pork and grass-finished beef. The beef
is sold by the mixed quarter or half and is ready in November. Pasture
raised chickens are available by order from July to September. Pigs
are ready in November and are sold half or whole. Bacon and sausage
are also available. All orders must be placed by May 1st.
George and Mary's Best Darn Chickens 'Round,
George and Mary Seiler, 51745 396th Ave, Frazee
MN, 56544-9420. (218) 334-4769.
E-mail: gmseiler@loretel.net
Grass Run Farm, located near Dorchester,
Iowa (less than 2 miles from the Minnesota border) produces
humanely- and sustainably-raised 100% grass-finished beef,
pastured veal, and pastured pork year-round.
We believe in providing a quality life for our animals through rotational grazing
of our certified organic pastures, a nutritious winter hay program, and
careful handling. See for yourself by scheduling a farm tour!
We do not administer antibiotics, growth hormones, animal-protein supplements,
or other health-compromising additives. Our meats have been praised for flavor,
quality, and value by customers all over the country.
Contact us by phone or e-mail to customize an order or get information
about meat packages. We can help you figure out what will fit in your freezer
or arrange staggered deliveries to meet your needs. Special offers, convenient
online shopping, and more details about our farm are available through our website.
We ship nationally to individuals, restaurants, and retailers in dry ice and
insulated boxes, and deliver to pick-up locations and select farmers markets
in Iowa and Minnesota. Pre-order in quantity for best value and custom cuts.
Please feel free to call or e-mail us with questions. Here's to good health and
great food!
Sincerely, Ryan and Kristine Jepsen, farmers
Grass Run Farm, Ryan and Kristine Jepsen, 2712
Hoover Road, Dorchester, IA 52140. (563) 492-3400.
E-mail: eatmeat@grassrunfarm.com.
Website: http://www.grassrunfarm.com.
Green Pastures
Dairy, owned and operated by the Hedquist Family, offers Minnesota
Farmstead™ 100% grass-fed, all natural, raw milk cheese.
Spring through fall we milk our totally grass-fed cows and use this
highly nutritious milk to make our hand-crafted cheeses.
Cows are ruminant animals with a digestive system
designed to utilize forage, so we don't feed any grain to our cows.
They are given fresh, new pasture daily. No herbicides, pesticides,
or chemical fertilizers are ever used on any of our pastures, and
no hormones or antibiotics are used in our herd.
As a result of these practices, our milk is
high in CLA, natural vitamins, and has a balanced fatty acid ratio.
All of our cheeses are carefully made to maintain and maximize the
nutrition and quality of our milk.
Our cheese is made never heating the milk over
100F in order to retain all the natural enzymes and ensure the availability
of milks' health giving nutrients, making it a true raw milk cheese.
Our cheese is made from milk that is not altered
in any way. It is never pasteurized, homogenized, or standardized.
It is all aged a minimum of 60 days, with the some aged as long
as 4 years. Our cheeses are available year round. Orders may be
placed by phone, or online. Also for local customers we offer
raw milk May through September, 100% grass-fed ground beef,
and pasture and whey-fed pork.
Our new on-farm store is now open Saturdays
from 10-4; check our website for schedule updates.
Green Pastures Dairy, The Hedquist Family, 2353
Bromfield Road, Carlton MN 55718. (218) 384-4513.
E-mail: cheese@greenpasturesdairy.com.
Website: http://www.greenpasturesdairy.com.
Harmony Valley Farm and Deer Run
Farm have joined together to create a holistic farm system
producing healthy, pasture raised, certified organic Angus beef.
We raise animals with excellent genetics in
an environment focused on holistic herd health and gentle husbandry.
The animals graze throughout the summer months and over-winter
on a diet of alfalfa hay, flax and a small amount of organic grain.
Our beef ranges from 90-95% grass and hay fed.
Grazier’s Organic Beef is more affordable
than most naturally raised, pastured, or certified organic beef.
Most purchase Grazier’s Organic Beef over and over again,
satisfied with the value, variety and quality. Ledebuhr Meat Processing,
a family operated, federally licensed and inspected plant in Winona,
MN processes the beef. They handle all our processing needs in
accordance with certified organic standards and it all carries
the USDA Organic seal.
We offer several mixed packages. Order anywhere
from a 25# to a 100# mixed pack, burger & steak pack, burger
only pack, family-grill pack or steak-grill pack. A la Carte options
are also available.
Grazier’s Organic Beef is available in
January, May, November and December. We ship to any location
in the continental United States. In addition, our beef is
available for delivery in Viroqua, La Crosse, Onalaska, Chaseburg,
Mazomanie and Madison, Wisconsin as well as Bloomington, Maple
Grove, Plymouth, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rosemount, Minnesota. For
delivery dates and package information, visit the “Beef” page
of our website.
Grazier's Organic Beef from Harmony Valley
Farm and Deer Run Farm, Richard de Wilde and Annake Witkop, S3442 Wire
Hollow Road, Viroqua WI 54665. (608) 483-2143.
E-mail: csa@harmonyvalleyfarm.com.
Website: http://www.harmonyvalleyfarm.com
Hay Creek
Stock Farm offers 100% grass fed beef from heirloom Galloway /Shorthorn cross cattle. Meat is dry aged,
cut and vacuum sealed under USDA inspection. Plenty of marbling,
tender, and NOT dry-tasting like some grass fed beef. Cattle are
farm-born and raised naturally on high quality, short rotation
pasture with drinking water in each division.
Available in whole,
half, split- half and 30# sampler quantities. Metro delivery available
to St Cloud/Minneapolis/ St Paul areas. Google Checkout option
on 30# Sampler includes metro delivery.
Hay Creek Stock Farm, Mark Fickes, 44617 County
Highway 75, Sebeka
MN 56477. (218) 837-6109. E-mail: haycreek@wcta.net.
Website: http://www.haycreek.net.
Hilltop Pastures Family Farm is
a 100% grass-fed, agriculturally sustainable family farm. We
offer “Beyond
Organic” chicken, turkey, beef and pork. All of our animals
are raised on pesticide-free and chemical-free fresh pasture,
sunshine, and fresh air.
Our chickens and turkeys are also supplemented
with a locally grown non-GMO feed. Our beef is completely grass
finished. Our chickens and turkeys are processed either on the
farm in a very clean and sanitary environment or at a USDA inspected
site. Chickens are available for fresh pick-up May-October. These
tasty birds do sell fast so ordering early is encouraged.
Turkeys
are available for fresh pick up the weekend before Thanksgiving.
We offer the Bourbon Red heritage breed turkey that is your delicious
link to the past, as well as the traditional white turkey. There
is a limited amount on both breeds, so if interested, please
order early. Pork and beef are available by the whole, half,
or quarter. We also have cuts available on the farm as well,
but these do go fast.
We are located right off of Hwy 52 just
6 ½ miles South of Chatfield and 2 miles North of Fountain.
Please come see us:
On the farm Monday – Saturday
from 7 am – 7 pm
Lanesboro Farmer’s Market in
Lanesboro, MN; May – Oct
on Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Chatfield
Grower's Market in Chatfield, MN; May – October on
Thursdays from 3 – 6
p.m.
Purchase our products at HyVee Barlow in
Rochester, MN. Our chicken is also served at Pedal Pusher's
Cafe in Lanesboro,
MN.
Hilltop Pastures Family Farm, Sara Austin, 26134
Jasmine Drive,
Fountain MN 55935. (507) 867-0096. E-mail: hpff@myclearwave.net.
Website: http://www.hilltoppasturesfamilyfarm.com.
La Finca is
located on a quiet county road in East Central, MN, about 100 miles
north of the Twin Cities Metro Area and 50 miles south of Duluth.
Our forty acre farm is a mix of fields, forest,
and wetlands where we grow 5 acres of vegetables for our CSA and
raise chickens on pasture in portable hoophouses. As they range
across our fields, the chickens have access to our locally milled
organic chicken feed and fresh water. Unlike chickens raised in
confinement, our chickens spend their days pecking away at various
plant species and insects, taking dust baths, or resting in the
shade. Their high quality diet coupled with the time they spend
ranging in our fields produces an exceptionally flavorful bird.
The pasture-raised chicken share consists of
6 frozen chickens, which are delivered in 4 installments during
the late summer and fall. The tentative dates for the chicken share
delivery are 7/30, 9/15,10/15, and 10/30; each delivery includes
3 frozen chicken halves weighing 7–9 lbs. Delivery sites
include St. Paul, Lake Elmo, Stillwater, Hopkins, and South Minneapolis,
Duluth, Moose Lake, and at La Finca.
Visit our website
or send us an e-mail for more
information.
La Finca, Charlie Kersey, PO Box 93, Bruno
MN 55712. E-mail: lafinca@earthlink.net. Website: http://www.lafincacsa.com.
Lake Country Lambs, part of a fourth-generation
family farm nestled in lush Central-Minnesota lake country, raises
natural, grass-fed Katadhin lambs.
We strive to be
environmentally friendly, humane, sustainable, and socially responsible
while producing great tasting, nutritious lamb with only the finest
ingredients: native grasses, sunshine, clean water and respect.
Visit our website to learn more about us or
to place an order. Our lamb is available on a limited basis throughout
the year so if you have a special event, reserve your lamb early!
Lake Country Lambs, LLC, Amy Mursu, 51113
340th Street, New York Mills MN 56567. (218) 385-LAMB
(5262).
E-mail:
info@lakecountrylambs.com.
Website: http://www.lakecountrylambs.com
Liberty
Land & Livestock. This recently expanded enterprise was
formerly called The Lamb Shoppe. Now it offers grassfed lamb,
pastured chicken and turkeys, and eggs from
free-range hens. "All of our products are raised on fresh
green grass, the way nature intended."
Liberty Land & Livestock, Connie Karstens
& Doug Rathke, 61231 MN Hwy 7, Hutchinson
MN 55350. Phone and fax: (320) 587-6094.
E-mail: Lambshop@hutchtel.net
Lighthouse Farm is a family-owned and
operated farm located north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. We raise Icelandic
sheep on pasture for delicious lamb meat and luxurious wool,
pigs on pasture that yield incredible-tasting meat, grass-fed
beef cattle which yield pleasantly-flavored meat, hens on
pasture which produce eggs with bright orange yolks, as well
as out-of-this-world pastured turkeys and chicken.
We are dedicated to raising animals the way
they were created to be raised. The meat from our farm is full-flavored,
satisfying and healthy. Our animals receive unlimited sunshine and
fresh air as they graze on our rotated pastures. Additionally, they
are supplemented with organic kelp as an extra source of vitamins
and minerals. The pigs and chickens are given our surplus goat¹s
milk contributing to their health and to the tenderness and flavor
of their meat. While not certified organic, we use no growth hormones,
antibiotics or pesticides on our farm.
Lamb meat is available in the fall. Pork and
Beef are available throughout the year. Chicken and turkey need
to be pre-ordered. Eggs are available year-round. Prices are available
on our website.
Lighthouse Farm, John Mesko, PO Box 192, Princeton
MN 55371. (763) 389-0554. E-mail: john@lighthousefarm.com.
Website: http://www.lighthousefarm.com.
Lynn Brakke Organic Beef, nestled in
the heart of the Red River Valley in Northwestern Minnesota, offers
100% certified organic, 100% grassfed beef throughout
the year.
Our Angus/cross cattle graze in a rotational
pasture system spring through fall and are fed our own high quality
alfalfa/grass hay during the winter months. Our beef is processed
at a nearby state inspected, organic approved facility, dry-aged,
then vacuum sealed in individual cuts, flash frozen, and boxed in
1/8th beef packages. check out our website for packages and pricing.
Lynn Brakke Organic Beef, Lynn Brakke, 5724
170th Avenue South, Moorhead
MN 56560-7809. (701) 318 - 0834.
E-mail: lbrakke@aol.com.
Website: http://www.lborganicbeef.com
Misty Meadows
Farm. We believe God has given us our farm to raise healthy
food to share with others. We want to be good stewards of the land
and be sustainable in our practices, which means farming without
chemicals.
Misty Meadows Farm has had a goal of producing
quality, 100% grass fed and finished beef and lamb,
as well as free-range chicken and eggs. We take great
pride in offering you meats free of hormones and antibiotics, naturally
and humanely raised. We practice management intensive grazing which
offers the animals a variety of fresh "salad bar" grazing
regularly.
Our meats produced on pasture provide many health
benefits. They are rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) which
is a natural cancer-fighting amino acid, and Omega 3 fatty acids
(which we lack in our diets in this country). We want to make our
farm, your farm—a place where you can buy safe, healthy meats.
Our products are available year-round. We are
located 15 minutes north of Rochester, Minnesota just off of Highway
52 North. We are also at the Rochester Farmers Market every
Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to Noon, from May 1 to October 31.
Misty Meadows Farm, Paul and Lela Wiens, 23155
– 520th Street, Pine Island MN 55963. (507) 356-4350.
E-mail: plwiens@pitel.net.
Website: http://www.mistymeadowfarms.com
The Oak
Center General Store, built in 1913, was resurrected from the
dead in 1976 and is dedicated to rebuilding a better world from
the earth up.
The store carries locally raised grass-fed and
pastured chicken, beef, pork, lamb, buffalo, elk and eggs,
as well as organic produce, fruit and herbs, fair
trade organic coffee and bulk organic dried grains and herbs.
Bedding plants and perennials are available in season, as well as
a full line of gardening tools and homesteading supplies.
All the farmers we use as suppliers comply with
our Minnesota Farmer Growing Practices Pledge, which includes treating
livestock humanely by providing them with pasture, access to outdoors
and fresh air, using no hormones or antibiotics in feed, maintaining
and building healthy soils by rotating crops annually, using compost,
cover crops and green manures, reducing tillage, and rejecting the
use of GMOs, chemically treated seeds, synthetic toxic materials,
irradiation and sewer sludge. They also work in cooperation with
other farmers and neighboring communities to create a more sustainable
way of life for future generations.
Oak Center General Store is also home-base for
Earthen Path Organic Farm, a 14-acre fruit, herb and vegetable farm
that raises pastured chickens, lamb and eggs and provides part of
the produce for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program.
The CSA sells shares and provides produce for weekly pick-up (deliveries
are also available).
Products can be purchased directly at the store
and we also ship within our region. We are located on Highway 63,
10 miles south of Lake City, or 25 miles north of Rochester. We
are open 9 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday and some Sundays.
Oak Center General Farm Store/Earthen Path Organic
Farm, Susan Draves-Schwen and Steven Schwen, RR 1, Box 52 BB, Lake
City MN 55041. (507) 753-2080. E-mail: info@oakcentergeneralstore.com
Website: http://www.oakcentergeneralstore.com
PastureDirect
Products from Shepherd's Hill Farm offers pastured lamb
and beef seasonally, It is raised sustainably on pasture.
We process our meat at a USDA-inspected facility so small orders
and individual cuts can be shipped anywhere in the US. The majority
of our customers buy halves and quarters. Wool mattress pads, comforters,
and lamb pelts are also available.
PastureDirect Products from Shepherd's Hill
Farm, Steve and Cindy Calvin, 10970 Cody Lake Trail, Montgomery
MN 56069. (612) 729-2553. E-mail: info@pasturedirect.com
Website: http://www.pasturedirect.com
PastureLand is pleased
to offer awarding winning* gourmet butter and artisan cheeses
from the milk of grass-fed cows grazing organically certified pastures
in southeastern Minnesota. We are a small cooperative of family
operated, grass-based dairy farms working together for the good
of consumers, the environment, and member farmers to ensure a healthy,
reliable community food source into the future.
PastureLand co-op members are committed to using
sustainable farming methods: building the soil, grass varieties,
and pasture eco-systems that nourish our animals. We take great
pride in our ability to provide the high-quality pasture necessary
for healthy dairy herds without having to supplement their diet
with grain. Our cows receive of 100% of their diet from grass during
the seven-month growing season, and are housed in sheltered pastures
during the winter months.
All of PastureLand farms have received organic
and Food Alliance certification, and use no hormones or antibiotics
in their herds to enhance growth or production. Our butter and cheese
are only made while our animals graze lush, green pastures, and
are available at select
retail outlets in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, or by mail
order.
Our nutrient-rich, yellow butter is shipped
frozen in one-pound blocks. Gouda, herb Gouda, tomato-basil Gouda,
and cheddar are available in half-pound wedges or 11 pound wheels.
We anticipate adding more cheese varieties in coming months. All
PastureLand products are pasteurized.
PastureLand, Dodge
Center MN 55927. (888) 331-9115. E-mail: jean@pastureland.coop
Website: http://www.pastureland.coop
* American Cheese Society, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Pastures
A' Plenty has a goal of "providing on farm employment
for all family members and restoring the ecological and social balance
of our farm and farming community." This two generation farm
is being converted entirely to grassfarming. Pork is available
by the cut, whole, or halves year round. Lamb is available
in individual cuts, wholes, and halves from Labor Day through winter.
Chickens, in halves and wholes, are available year round.
All the animals are grassfed during the grazing season. (April-November)
All the meat is frozen.
Pasture A' Plenty Farm, Jim Van Der Pol, 4075
110th Ave NE, Kerkhoven
MN 56252. (320) 367-2061.
E-mail: vanderpol@prairiefare.com
Website: www.prairiefare.com
Pedelty Lincoln Reds offer a breed of
beef cattle known for their great taste. Lincoln Reds have won
numerous taste tests in England. Part
of the reason Lincoln Reds are so palatable is because they fatten
so easily on grass. Also, the meat is tender because
the animals are quiet and do not excite easily.
Because the
Lincoln Reds are a rare breed we have only limited availability
and reservations are taken for mixed quarters or sides to be picked
up in October.
Pedelty Lincoln Reds, Sarah and Larry Pedelty,
9724
County Road 138 SE, Chatfield MN 55923. (507) 867-9041.
E-mail: LSPines@aol.com.
At Serene Green Fields, our cattle and
sheep are raised in a humane, natural environment without the use
of antibiotics, additives and/or growth hormones. They are rotationally
grazed on managed pastures of alfalfa, clovers, trefoil, and multiple
grass species. We raise Black Angus, Murray Gray, and British White
cattle. Our sheep are Barbados Blackbelly and Katahdin crosses.
These are hair sheep raised for their meat and not wool.
We follow the National Organic Standards, but
are not certified. Lamb is seasonally available by the half
or whole and - Beef by the quarter, half, or whole - aged
21 days at a USDA facility to further enhance its exceptional flavor.
You may pick up your meat either at our farm,
or at the locker in Winona, MN or Black Earth, WI. We are
dedicated to raising tender, flavorful meat on our ridgetop farm
in the beautiful driftless area of Southwestern Wisconsin.
Restaurants: The Meat-ing Place, Main
Street Station, Viroqua WI.
Serene Green Fields, Roger Christensen and Joi
Leighton, S8251 Peterson
Road, Readstown WI 54652. (608) 629-5623.
E-mail: rogerlc@mwt.net.
Sleeping Cat Organic Farm offers chicken
that's fully free-range on pasture and fed only certified organic
grains, grassfed/grass finished beef, certified organic
eggs from grass-fed hens, and fully-free-range veal.
Our farm is certified organic by OCIA.
Our broilers are also totally free and protected
by shelters moved daily. The eggs are produced by grassfed hens
that live in a barn built on skids and moved every few days. The
beef is grassfed, and grass finished. It is available by the cut
or by quarters and halves.
You can find us in stall #252 of the Minneapolis
Farmers' Market (200 N Lyndale, Minneapolis MN) on Saturdays and
Sundays. We also have a winter schedule for the Minneapolis Farmers'
Market. Delivery available. Shipping available.
We believe grass/organic farming does a better
job of controlling soil erosion and sedimentation. It also stops
chemical pollutions and produces healthier, safer food.
Sleeping Cat Organic Farm, Arthur and Mindy
Desens, 66683 288th Street, Litchfield
MN 55355-4800. (320) 693-8449.
E-mail: luckymin@hutchtel.net
Snake River Farm: Bison,
Beef, Hogs, Horses, Farm Tours. Open all year, but
please call for appointment.
We raise bison,
beef and a few hogs for sale direct to consumers,
normally by the ¼. We pasture
raise all of our animals in a natural setting. The Snake River
winds through our 220 acres for almost a mile creating a unique
landscape of native prairie, oak savanna, wooded lowlands, wet
meadows and tamarack swamp.
Bison and beef are grass fed only.
Our bison herd numbers less than 50 and our beef herd less than
20. We seasonally rotate the herds through open and wooded pastures
as is best for the animals and the land. We raise a few hogs
each year because they fit in well.
Meat animals are humanely
harvested and then processed in a state inspected facility. We
use no hormones or antibiotics. We tame and train mustang horses
that we adopt from the BLM as yearlings. We sell mustangs gentled
or trained to ride and drive.
Miles of trails, a one-room schoolhouse,
farm museum and wildlife. We welcome visits and tours especially
educational groups.
Snake River Farm, Tom Barthel, 18251
62nd Street, Becker MN 55308. (763) 263 2721. E-mail:
tbarthel@clarus-medical.com
Tamarack
Lamb & Wool is a family farm specializing in producing
outstanding quality lamb. Located in East Central Minnesota,
the short, cool northern summers result in exceptionally high quality
native clover pastures that are the mainstay of our lambing and
lamb-rearing program.
Tamarack utilizes breeds selected for their
ability to turn pasture into a premium quality eating experience.
While the Dorset is known as the "Angus" of sheep breeds
in the US, the Ile de France is the premier market lamb sire in
France known for muscling, with excellent tenderness and flavor.
Lambs are butchered at a small, immaculate local shop where the
lambs are taken care of promptly and with minimal stress.
Pasture-fed lamb is available August through
October; grain-finished lamb is available in December and March.
At this time, all orders must be picked up at the farm; no shipping
is available. Tamarack is an easy 90-minute trip north of Minneapolis/St.
Paul on I-35, located just 2 miles off the interstate south of Hinckley,
Minnesota. For price list, please visit our website.
Tamarack Lamb & Wool, Janet W. McNally,
31077 County Highway 61, Hinckley
MN 55037. (320) 336-9071.
E-mail: janet@tamaracksheep.com
Website: http://www.tamaracksheep.com
Thousand Hills Cattle Company provides
a year-round supply of fresh, 100% grass-fed beef
available by the cut to virtually all of the health food and Kowalski
stores in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. We also sell larger
quantities of frozen beef directly to customers. (Please see our
website for more
information.)
Our cattle are locally raised on small family
farms in Minnesota and northeast Iowa, and processed at a state-of-the-art
USDA inspected facility in Cannon Falls, MN. Our cattle are raised
according to Eatwild.com production standards. In addition, we use
a variety of methods, including sonogram technology, to select the
most tender and tastiest beef around.
We are committed to making healthy, 100% grass-fed
beef convenient for busy families. These stores are staffed by very
knowledgeable meat managers, who always have a cooler full of fresh
100% grass-fed beef.
We are committed to assisting those family farmers
who can produce more cattle than they can market by themselves.
We will purchase those additional cattle that are raised to our
demanding specifications, and make sure that these cattle end up
in your grocery cart as 100% grass-fed beef, fresh from the meat
case.
Thousand Hills Cattle Company, PO Box 323, Cannon
Falls MN 55009. (507) 263-4001. E-mail: tlein@thousandhillscattleco.com
Website: http://www.thousandhillscattleco.com.
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