In 1988 the VanDerPol family decided that they didn’t want to continue to farm in the way they had been. In retrospect, Jim VanDerPol feels that they made the right decision. “If we hadn’t changed our way of farming we likely would not be here now.” The VanDerPol’s raise 320 acres of diversified crops and […]
Angry Trout Café
Out of this World At first, one might think it is the succulent plates of fresh salmon and Lake Superior trout that draw people to the Angry Trout Café’s door in droves, but it’s not just a satisfied stomach that people leave with. It’s true, the food is out of this world, but customers also […]
Pahl’s Market
IPM for Premium Prices Gary Pahl, along with his brother Brian, operates Pahl’s Market, a fourth generation family operated vegetable farm, in Dakota County just south of the Twin Cities. The farm consists of 1,200 acres of vegetables which, during the 2001 season, included 515 acres of sweet corn, 125 acres of green beans, 50 […]
Forest Concepts, LLC
Washington · Jim Dooley acknowledges that his product line, despite its careful engineering and serious purpose, has a rather playful association for most newcomers. “Everybody that comes in here calls it Tinker Toys for adults,” he laughs. But Forest Concepts’ toys are larger scale than Tinker Toys, made from the long skinny trees that now […]
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