It Takes a Strong Woman Although Shary’s Berries is small by conventional standards, there is more than enough work for Shary Zoff and her 10 year-old son, Sam. Located northeast of Duluth, in northern Minnesota on Homestead Road off of Highway 61, Shary’s Berries covers 40 acres. Roughly 10 of these acres are cleared with […]
Food Farm
Beautiful Living Just southwest of Duluth, the Fisher-Merritt farm, Food Farm, is a carefully plotted set of fields set around a collection of small greenhouses, chicken coops, and a climate-controlled vegetable storage building. John Fisher-Merritt and sons Janaki and Benjamin, work the farm along with long-time employee Dave Hanlon. Jane Fisher-Merritt has an art studio […]
Ridenour Ranch: Two Businesses in One
Located in the heart of Wyoming farm and ranch county, the 1,280 acre Ridenour Ranch, owned by Cindy and Mike Ridenour, offers grass-fed beef, non-certified organic vegetables and “Love-Me-Tender” pork. To set their high-quality products apart, they sell their food products under the banner, Meadow Maid Foods, to reflect the care they take in growing […]
Riverbend Farm
Narrowing the Gap Greg Reynolds, partner and co-owner of Riverbend Farm in Delano, MN, has always wanted to have a farm “The idea really came together when I was in high school,” explains Greg. “It was a time of the back-to-the-land movement, the first oil price hikes, and people were thinking about alternative and sustainability.” […]