Building Profitable Farms Through Direct Marketing
Are you tired of working hard to produce a crop just to be told what you will sell it for and find that it isn’t even profitable? Learn how three farmers have gotten out of the commodity farming business and began to become price makers rather than price takers by building their own direct to…
Read MoreSilvopasture in Minnesota
This webinar is focused on producer experiences using silvopasture in their operations. From beef to goats and from Northern to Southern Minnesota you will tour a diversity of operations, climates, and landscapes. This webinar is an on-the-ground tour of working farms.
Read MorePastured Chicken Production in Minnesota
Interested in raising chickens on pasture in Minnesota? Hear from Lance Klessig of Heart & Soil Ridge and Jared Luhman of Grass Fed Cattle Co. on raising both laying hens and broilers.
Read MoreMinnesota Goat Production with 1dr Acres Farm and Goat Dispatch
Interested in raising goats in Minnesota? Hear from Cherrie Nolden of 1dr Acres Farm and Jake Langeslag of Goat Dispatch on how they do it.
Read MoreMinnesota Bison Production with Rolling R Bison Ranch and Sleepy Bison Acres
Interested in raising bison in Minnesota? Hear from PJ Breen of Rolling R Bison Ranch and Craig Fischer of Sleepy Bison Acres on how they do it.
Read MorePastured Sheep Production with The Lamb Shoppe and Blissful Bee Pastures
Interested in raising sheep on pasture? Hear from two diversified Minnesota farms raising various breeds of sheep for meat, wool, and soil health.
Read MoreHog Production with Cloverleaf Grass Farm
Interested in raising pigs on pasture? Hear Dayle & Ivan Reinke’s first-hand experience from Cloverleaf Grass Farm in Minnesota.
Read MoreGarlic Growers Online Session #1: Emergence
Held April 22, 2020, Featuring Paul Schmidt of Schmidt Farm and Chris Kudrna of Plum Creek Garlic. An open discussion of garlic issues and practices in the spring.
Read MoreGarlic Production and Marketing: Scaling Up
Ryan Pesch conducted the research and wrote the UMN Extension paper on Garlic Enterprise Analysis in 2017-18. In this 2022 SFA Annual Conference session, he returns with advice on increasing your operation’s capacity. Viktor Vasileiadis (interview begins at 17:00) has become probably the largest grower of market garlic in Minnesota, with over seven acres planted in the fall…
Read MoreMarketing Garlic in Minnesota: Class #3: Direct Marketing
With Jesse Davis, MN Farmers Market Association, Warren Alto, Trout Lake Garlic, Chris Kudrna, Plum Creek Garlic, Jerry Ford, Living Song Farm, and Butch Cardinal, All Good Organics, Inc., Centerville MN
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