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Richard Bresnahan: Artist and Environmentalist

June 29, 2012 By admin

Master Potter Richard Bresnahan, a world-acclaimed potter and environmentalist, incorporates sustainable materials in his art, many of which are found in the nature that surrounds him and his family on their 120-acre homestead in Avon, Minnesota. It is here that Richard and his wife, Collete, teach their two daughters and young son about the importance […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Pottery, Processing, Regional Arts, Sustainable Use, Value added, Visual Arts, Wood, clay and ash

Minnesota Wild

June 29, 2012 By admin

Like Grandma Used to Make Jay Erckenbrack is the owner of Minnesota Wild in McGregor, Minnesota where his company’s line of fruit jams and syrups evoke the sensory memory of a visit to grandma’s. “Both my grandmothers made tremendous breads and rolls and I remember the fresh hot bread coming out of the oven and […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business to Business, Business to Business, Direct to customer/user, Direct to customer/user, Folk Arts, Food related, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Wild fruit

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