Storming Forward “Living in Emmetsburg feels like I’m in the middle of a Normal Rockwell painting, just add in a couple leprechauns,” says one area resident. From a bustling downtown touting turn-of-the century architecture and well-preserved historic homes to welcoming smiles and scents from the local bakery, Emmetsburg, Iowa, provides a nostalgic backdrop of quintessential […]
A City with Heart
A City with Heart Hartley, Iowa, takes the idea of a “welcome mat” to higher ground. In this friendly, hard-working farming community, you will get more than just a token greeting if you stop and linger. Hartley residents are working to make everyone feel welcome and are building connections between seniors and youth, old and […]
Morning Has Broken Farm
Harmony, Diversity, Respect Harmony, diversity, and respect for the whole of creation are the guiding principles of Morning Has Broken Farm located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Owners, Carolyn and Larry Olson raise chickens, hogs, and cattle on pasture “with homegrown grains and loving respect.” Carolyn and Larry raise chickens in a new chicken-raising system publicized […]
Minnesota Wool Research
A Wild and Woolly Idea University of Minnesota Researchers say wool mats may give fruit growers an alternative to herbicides, and Minnesota sheep producers a market for their wool. Some of the strawberry plants on Bill Jacobson’s fruit farm are tucked up in a soft, gray wool blanket. Bill, who grows 20 acres of strawberries […]