Where Do Food Dollars Go? Money flowing in and out of southeast Minnesota establishes economic patterns that either help or hurt the region’s economic well-being. Rural areas tend to import considerably more products/services than they export. As a result, more money flows out than flows in. Food purchasing patterns in southeast Minnesota suggest that outside […]
Great River Vineyard
Great River Vineyard Great Grapes John and Barb Marshall, owners and operators of Great River Vineyard, are proving that Minnesota is a great place to grow grapes. Their seven and a half acres of vineyards, across the road from Lake Pepin, near Lake City, Minnesota, produces around four or five tons of grapes a year. […]
Experiment in Rural Cooperation
Livestock Farming in Southeast Minnesota The number of animal livestock farms in southeast Minnesota has been decreasing in recent years. A major reason has been troublesome marketplace economics. Farmers, in need of economically viable alternatives, have changed over to corn and soybean crops to avoid the dramatic market downturns. Unfortunately, the shift from livestock farming […]
Dream of Wild Health
Collective Effort Dream of Wild Health is a collective effort to grow ancient seeds saved for generations by Native Americans. Some of these seeds are 800 to 2000 years old, and they contain within them the key to a healthy future. Sally Auger, Executive Director, began this project when she realized that the decline of […]