An Appetizing Idea Almost five years ago, Rick Kiley, president of Source Food Technology, Inc.of Minneapolis, Minnesota, developed an innovative cholesterol- free shortening called Appetize®. With the help of Max Norris, from the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Rick hoped to find a market for his healthy and nutritious creation. Rick worked closely with scientist […]
Sno Pac Foods
World’s First Pete Gengler is happy that his family and its company, Sno Pac Foods, Inc., got into the organic food business early. Touting itself as the world’s first grower/processor of frozen organic vegetables, Sno Pac, located in Caledonia, Minnesota, is in its third generation of ownership. Pete Gengler’s mother, Darlene, is the last of […]
Round River Farm – Living Lightly
Sustainable Living in the North Woods David and Lise Abazs, and their sons Colby and Tremayne, run Round River Farm and Shalom Seed Sanctuary, which are nestled in the Sawtooth Mountains on the North Shore of Lake Superior. David and Lise Abazs grew up wanting to farm. They met in college, and during their last […]
RBJ Spreadable Fruit
Grandma’s Recipe Goes Global Kim Samuelson, owner and operator of RBJ Family Restaurant in Crookston, Minnesota, has worked in the restaurant industry since she was 9 years old. Kim has run the restaurant, named after her father, Roger Bernard Johnson, since 1987. In the early 1990’s, Kim created a single batch of her grandmother’s recipe […]