Twin Cities Metro Growers Network

What's a Growers Network?

A Networking Group of the Sustainable Farming Association, the Twin Cities Metro Growers Network aims to connect anyone who grows produce seriously and seeks education, networking and fellowship. Whether you grow for market, personal or community use, or to rediscover indigenous and ethnic roots, if you want to network with like-minded people in the metro, this group is for you.

The Twin Cities Metro Growers Network is a collaboration between SFA and the University of Minnesota Extension in Hennepin County.

Info: Lia Spaniolo, University of Minnesota Extension, spaniolo@umn.edu

Learn about Lia here.

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Upcoming Events

Tour The Black Radish!

Thursday, August 14 5:30-7:30 PM

The Black Radish
3849 24th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55406

Part farm, part art piece, and wholly community oriented, The Black Radish is an Artist-led Urban Market Garden and CSA in the heart of South Minneapolis.

Growing across 15 yards in their Standish neighborhood, farmers Jade Townsend and Carrie Thompson are dedicated to providing affordable, locally grown produce to their neighbors through 50 community-supported agriculture (CSA) shares, donations to the Sanneh Foundation’s food distribution site, and sales to a couple of local businesses.

We’ll enjoy a tour and learn how this unique farm has built relationships between neighbors, implemented sustainable and organic practices across over a dozen sites, and impacted food security on a hyperlocal level. Come and connect with fellow urban growers, and hear how Jade and Carrie have navigated land access and starting a farm business!

Note: We will gather in Jade and Carrie’s residential yard, and the tour will include walking a few blocks through a neighborhood to see their various growing sites. Please contact Lia Spaniolo with accessibility questions and requests at spaniolo@umn.edu.

Registration: Free to attend. Advance registration required. Space is limited to 40 participants.

Photo by Sarah Carroll

Click here to download a flyer.

This event is funded in part through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture AGRI Urban Agriculture grant.

Stay tuned for more 2025 event announcements!

We just kicked off our season of programming with a Spring Social at Broken Clock Brewing cooperative on May 6 and an Urban Beekeeping workshop on June 22. We look forward to an educational event/farm tour each month through September! Specific details to be announced.

July - Cut Flowers

August - Tour of the Black Radish

September - TBA

October - Fall Social