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Avalon British Whites raises British White Cattle in a natural and stress-free environment. The animals are selected from the best stock available and then raised to provide excellent breeding stock for other producers, or healthy and tender additions to local dinner tables.

We encourage any prospective buyers to investigate what makes the British White so desirable as a beef breed, consider what makes grass-finished superior health wise, then contact us if a grassfed British White seems a good fit. With only 1300 British White cows registered in the US, we are confident that we are one of a few, if not the only, source of grass-finished British White beef in North America. Visit the BWCAA website at http://www.britishwhite.org

Avalon British Whites, Field and Alison McConnell, 14834 28th AVE S, Glyndon MN 56547. (218) 498-2568. E-mail: avalonbeef@aol.com

Beaver Creek Farm specializes in Salad Bar meats, including chicken, beef, meat, goats, eggs, lamb, pork, rabbit, stewing hens and turkey. The meat is available by reservation from May through October on a first come, first served basis. Eggs are always available.

Customers can come to the farm to pick up their fresh rabbit and chickens. The larger animals are slaughtered on the farm to alleviate stress on the animal while preserving meat tenderness and then shipped to the butcher. Eggs may be delivered locally or picked up at the farm.

We consider ourselves stewards of the land. It is our responsibility as grassfarmers to care for and improve our farm to the best of our ability. This means that we do not apply artificial fertilizers of chemicals on our pastures. Our livestock are not fed subtherapeutic antibiotics, steroids, or arsenic as growth enhancers. However, they do receive probiotics, kelp meal, natural vitamins, fresh air, sunshine, and clean paddocks.

Customers and potential customers are welcome to come visit us at our farm, which is an hour's drive north of the Twin Cities. Call, write, or send an e-mail for an order form.

Beaver Creek Farm, Dale Barnick, 2518 Ivory Street, Mora MN  55051. (320) 679-0366. E-mail: farmerhoggett@hotmail.com

Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm raises 100% grass fed beef, pastured chickens and eggs, and grass fed lamb.

Our animals are raised on pastures with organic standards; we do not use antibiotics, hormones, or any chemicals. They are treated humanely and are provided with plenty of sunshine, grass, clean water, and fresh air. The chickens are supplemented with flax and organic grains.

Beef is sold by the whole, half, or quarter and cut to your specifications. Smaller quantities are also available. Processing is done at a USDA inspected facility in Cannon Falls, MN. Beef, lamb, poultry, and eggs are available year round. Delivery is available. We also offer a meat and egg CSA with various options. We can also be found at the Mill City Farmers Market.

We believe in sustainable agriculture and management intensive grazing on pastures free of pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers.

We are located off 35W, 30 miles south of Minneapolis. Please call or e-mail for prices.

Braucher's Sunshine Harvest Farm, Mike Braucher, 2230 35th Street West, Webster MN 55088. (952) 652-1911.
E-mail: sunshineharvestfarm@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.sunshineharvestfarm.com.

Buffalo Gal/Money Creek Buffalo Ranch maintains one of the finest quality bison herds in America today. Years of experience, dedication, and attention go into the maintenance and care of these top quality animals. Located in the Mississippi River Valley, our buffalo are raised on a diet of native grasses and sun-cured hay without fat-boosting hormones, antibiotics, or supplements. By using the intensive grazing method, our bison are kept as natural as possible. We also raise Russian wild pigs in the same manner.

Our company offers a full line of delicious and healthy buffalo meat products for your enjoyment. Items include jerky, summer sausage, pepperoni sticks, kippered strips, Buff Snuff, buffalo chips, steaks, roasts, brats, hot dogs, Italian and ring sausages, and our very own farmer's brand sausage. Be sure to check out our specials and meat gift packages on our website.

Processed products are shipped via ground transportation. Frozen meat products are shipped via UPS second day or third day select during the cooler months. Shipping and handling charges are based upon weight and destination. To order, call us at the number listed below or e-mail us.

Buffalo Gal/Money Creek Buffalo Ranch, Mike Fogel, Route 1, Box 72, Houston MN 55943. (507) 896-2345. E-mail sales@buffalogal.com Website: http://www.buffalogal.com

Cedar Summit Farm has been a family dairy farm for three generations. They have adopted a grazing system where all animals are pastured on the land for at least seven months and fed stored grasses the remainder of the year. No antibiotics or added hormones (rBGH) are used. They raise beef, pork, chickens and even turkeys for Thanksgiving!

Cedar Summit Farm also has an onsite creamery for an assortment of dairy products including non-homogenized milk and cream in glass bottles, yogurt, ice cream, butter, hard cheeses, and sour cream. Feel free to visit them at any time. Their production hours are Monday–Friday 8–6 and Saturdays 8–12. You can purchase a wide variety of meats and dairy products in the creamery showroom.

You can find many of their dairy products at Twin Cities Natural Food Co-ops. They also provide home delivery service to New Prague and surrounding areas. Call for information.

Cedar Summit Farm, Dave and Florence Minar, 25830 Drexel Avenue, New Prague MN  56071. (952) 758-6886.
E-mail: orders@cedarsummit.com
Website: http://www.cedarsummit.com

Cliff's Homegrown Beef sells pampered grass finished beef by the 1/2, 1/4, and Bundle. We truck locally, or ship UPS from the South Dakota/Minnesota border area.

Our beef start life on the native prairies and once weaned move to high quality, high energy, grass alfalfa mix or similar quality winter forage. Our beef is free of hormone implants, and antibiotics. The SOILS here in South Dakota are geologically young, being from the most recent Wisconsin glacial advance. They are still rich in trace minerals that today have been leached out of older more weathered soils. The cattle get supplemental salt and minerals, but much is provided to the plants by the soil and of course from the plants to the animals.

The cattle here are from moderate framed older style genetics. Small groups that survived the shift to mass-produced feed lot beef during the past 30 years. The thing I like best about this system is what it means to the animal. A feedlot is dust and flies, or mud and muck, shoulder to shoulder at the feed bunk. Nature is not always kind, but it is life closer to what was meant to be.

Cliff's Homegrown Beef, Cliff Millsapps, 809 Herrick Street, Gary SD  57237. (605) 880-0658. E-mail: ccmillsapps@yahoo.com.
Website: http://www.homegrownbeef.com.

Cozy Meadows, Farm On Wheels provides MOSA certified organic 100% green grass-fed finished, grain-free beef and lamb. Our chicken, eggs, heritage and heirloom turkey, duck and goose are raised humanely on unrestricted open pastures without soy or corn. We have over 130 cuts of USDA fresh frozen meat products, most nitrate and MSG-free. Also available are our sweet corn (Aug – Sept) and pork, lard, and butter.

Green grass creates animal products that are nutrient dense with the highest levels of CLA, Omega 3, carotenoids, antioxidant vitamins, minerals, essential proteins. We enjoy participating in people's quest to find a better healthy life through more nutritious food. In buying our products you leave the lightest environmental footprint possible.

Thank you for supporting our local, sustainable, organic, multi-generation family farm. We believe where and how you spend your money you can change the world. Certified Organic since 1994. Grass-fed since 1988.  

Visit our web site for a complete list of our products and where to buy   
them, including the following farmers markets. On farm sales by appointment; we accept Visa and Mastercard.

Cozy Meadows, Farm On Wheels, Linda and Mike Noble, 53288 110th Avenue, Kenyon MN 55946. (507) 789-6679.
E-mail: farm.on.wheels@juno.com.
Website: http://www.farmonwheels.net

Downing Family Farm, a fourth generation family farm located in east central Minnesota, is a producer of 100% grass-fed beef. All animals are raised and finished on a diet of lush pasture in the summer and high-quality hay in the winter. The animals are harvested at 2 1/2 years of age for superior flavor, and fully finished and marbled.

Beef is available by the split half. Visit our website for more details.

Downing Family Farm, Dan Downing, 5315 Royalton Road, Braham MN  55006. (320) 396-3324. E-mail: dandrea@ecenet.com.
Website: http://www.downingpumpkins.com/beef.

Dutch Mill Farm has been a certified organic farm for ten years. Grass-finished lamb and beef are available from October through December. Lambs are sold whole or by halves. Beef is available in whole carcasses, halves, and 25# family packs.

Douglas Gunnink is a consultant in grassfed and organic production and can advise on fertilizers, soil amendments, seed, equipment, forage/soil testing and livestock supplies.

Dutch Mill Farm, Douglas and Janet Gunnink, 25303 461 Ave., Gaylord MN 55334. (507) 237-5162. Fax: (507) 237-2343.
E-mail: dgunnink@prairie.lakes.com

Earth-Be-Glad-Farm is a certified organic farm specializing in 100% grass-fed beef and certified organic free-range chickens and turkeys. Our cattle graze carefully-managed rotational pasture as much of the year as possible. In the winter months the cattle eat our stored hay. Our chickens and turkeys are fed only our own homegrown certified organic grains and the grass and bugs they choose outside.

Grass-fed beef is available year-round in any quantity. Chickens are available May-November, and turkeys are sold fresh at Thanksgiving. Processing is done at a USDA inspected facility.

There are no synthetic growth-promoters, hormones, or antibiotics in any of our products. We strive to provide the best food possible using humane and earth-friendly methods. We have over 15 years experience selling beef direct to customers and we also sell at 2 local food co-ops (The Good Food Store in Rochester and the Bluff Country Co-op of Winona) and the Winona Farmers' Market.

Earth-Be-Glad Farm, Mike, Jennifer, and Johanna Rupprecht, 18828 County Road 20, Lewiston MN  55952. (507) 523-2564.
E-mail: ebgfarm@hbci.com

Earthwize Natural Meats is a coalition of small-scale family farmers committed to sustainable, environmentally responsible farming and to providing healthy, natural foods for their customers. "Earthwize farmers use time-tested traditional farming practices that are more beneficial to the environment and more humane for our animals. We give the animals plenty of room, clean water, and grass. We feed them a balanced, natural diet that includes foods such as kelp meal to strengthen their health rather than rely on antibiotics and other medications."

Beef is available year round in variety packs of 25 to 50 pounds. Pork is seasonal and is sold in variety packs of 30 to 40 pounds. Chicken is seasonal (spring through fall) and is available as whole chickens, which average 5 pounds and are packaged six to a box. All meat is frozen and processed at plants meeting USDA standards. Additional ordering information can be found at their website.

Earthwize Natural Meats, Mark Thell, 2100 CR 4, Carlton MN 55718-8141. (218) 384-9350. E-mail: thell@computerpro.com  
Website: http://soarizona.net/greatbeef/earthwize.html

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George and Mary's Best Darn Chickens 'Round has more than chickens—they also provide pork and grass-finished beef. The beef is sold by the mixed quarter or half and is ready in November. Pasture raised chickens are available by order from July to September. Pigs are ready in November and are sold half or whole. Bacon and sausage are also available. All orders must be placed by May 1st.

George and Mary's Best Darn Chickens 'Round, George and Mary Seiler, 51745 396th Ave, Frazee MN, 56544-9420. (218) 334-4769.
E-mail: gmseiler@loretel.net

Grass Run Farm, located near Dorchester, Iowa (less than 2 miles from the Minnesota border) produces humanely- and sustainably-raised 100% grass-finished beef, pastured veal, and pastured pork year-round.

We believe in providing a quality life for our animals through rotational grazing of our certified organic pastures, a nutritious winter hay program, and careful handling. See for yourself by scheduling a farm tour!

We do not administer antibiotics, growth hormones, animal-protein supplements, or other health-compromising additives. Our meats have been praised for flavor, quality, and value by customers all over the country.

Contact us by phone or e-mail to customize an order or get information about meat packages. We can help you figure out what will fit in your freezer or arrange staggered deliveries to meet your needs. Special offers, convenient online shopping, and more details about our farm are available through our website.

We ship nationally to individuals, restaurants, and retailers in dry ice and insulated boxes, and deliver to pick-up locations and select farmers markets in Iowa and Minnesota. Pre-order in quantity for best value and custom cuts.

Please feel free to call or e-mail us with questions. Here's to good health and great food!

Sincerely, Ryan and Kristine Jepsen, farmers

Grass Run Farm, Ryan and Kristine Jepsen, 2712 Hoover Road, Dorchester, IA 52140. (563) 492-3400.
E-mail: eatmeat@grassrunfarm.com.
Website: http://www.grassrunfarm.com.

Green Pastures Dairy, owned and operated by the Hedquist Family, offers Minnesota Farmstead™ 100% grass-fed, all natural, raw milk cheese. Spring through fall we milk our totally grass-fed cows and use this highly nutritious milk to make our hand-crafted cheeses.

Cows are ruminant animals with a digestive system designed to utilize forage, so we don't feed any grain to our cows. They are given fresh, new pasture daily. No herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers are ever used on any of our pastures, and no hormones or antibiotics are used in our herd.

As a result of these practices, our milk is high in CLA, natural vitamins, and has a balanced fatty acid ratio. All of our cheeses are carefully made to maintain and maximize the nutrition and quality of our milk.

Our cheese is made never heating the milk over 100F in order to retain all the natural enzymes and ensure the availability of milks' health giving nutrients, making it a true raw milk cheese.

Our cheese is made from milk that is not altered in any way. It is never pasteurized, homogenized, or standardized. It is all aged a minimum of 60 days, with the some aged as long as 4 years. Our cheeses are available year round. Orders may be placed by phone, or online. Also for local customers we offer raw milk May through September, 100% grass-fed ground beef, and pasture and whey-fed pork.

Our new on-farm store is now open Saturdays from 10-4; check our website for schedule updates.

Green Pastures Dairy, The Hedquist Family, 2353 Bromfield Road, Carlton MN 55718. (218) 384-4513.
E-mail: cheese@greenpasturesdairy.com.
Website: http://www.greenpasturesdairy.com.

Harmony Valley Farm and Deer Run Farm have joined together to create a holistic farm system producing healthy, pasture raised, certified organic Angus beef.

We raise animals with excellent genetics in an environment focused on holistic herd health and gentle husbandry. The animals graze throughout the summer months and over-winter on a diet of alfalfa hay, flax and a small amount of organic grain. Our beef ranges from 90-95% grass and hay fed.

Grazier’s Organic Beef is more affordable than most naturally raised, pastured, or certified organic beef. Most purchase Grazier’s Organic Beef over and over again, satisfied with the value, variety and quality. Ledebuhr Meat Processing, a family operated, federally licensed and inspected plant in Winona, MN processes the beef. They handle all our processing needs in accordance with certified organic standards and it all carries the USDA Organic seal.

We offer several mixed packages. Order anywhere from a 25# to a 100# mixed pack, burger & steak pack, burger only pack, family-grill pack or steak-grill pack. A la Carte options are also available.

Grazier’s Organic Beef is available in January, May, November and December. We ship to any location in the continental United States.  In addition, our beef is available for delivery in Viroqua, La Crosse, Onalaska, Chaseburg, Mazomanie and Madison, Wisconsin as well as Bloomington, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rosemount, Minnesota. For delivery dates and package information, visit the “Beef” page of our website.

Grazier's Organic Beef from Harmony Valley Farm and Deer Run Farm, Richard de Wilde and Annake Witkop, S3442 Wire Hollow Road, Viroqua WI 54665. (608) 483-2143.
E-mail: csa@harmonyvalleyfarm.com.
Website: http://www.harmonyvalleyfarm.com

Hay Creek Stock Farm offers 100% grass fed beef from heirloom Galloway /Shorthorn cross cattle. Meat is dry aged, cut and vacuum sealed under USDA inspection. Plenty of marbling, tender, and NOT dry-tasting like some grass fed beef. Cattle are farm-born and raised naturally on high quality, short rotation pasture with drinking water in each division.

Available in whole, half, split- half and 30# sampler quantities. Metro delivery available to St Cloud/Minneapolis/ St Paul areas. Google Checkout option on 30# Sampler includes metro delivery.

Hay Creek Stock Farm, Mark Fickes, 44617 County Highway 75, Sebeka MN  56477. (218) 837-6109. E-mail: haycreek@wcta.net. Website: http://www.haycreek.net.

Hilltop Pastures Family Farm is a 100% grass-fed, agriculturally sustainable family farm. We offer “Beyond Organic” chicken, turkey, beef and pork. All of our animals are raised on pesticide-free and chemical-free fresh pasture, sunshine, and fresh air.

Our chickens and turkeys are also supplemented with a locally grown non-GMO feed. Our beef is completely grass finished. Our chickens and turkeys are processed either on the farm in a very clean and sanitary environment or at a USDA inspected site. Chickens are available for fresh pick-up May-October. These tasty birds do sell fast so ordering early is encouraged.

Turkeys are available for fresh pick up the weekend before Thanksgiving. We offer the Bourbon Red heritage breed turkey that is your delicious link to the past, as well as the traditional white turkey. There is a limited amount on both breeds, so if interested, please order early. Pork and beef are available by the whole, half, or quarter. We also have cuts available on the farm as well, but these do go fast.

We are located right off of Hwy 52 just 6 ½ miles South of Chatfield and 2 miles North of Fountain.

Please come see us:

On the farm Monday – Saturday from 7 am – 7 pm

Lanesboro Farmer’s Market in Lanesboro, MN; May – Oct on Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Chatfield Grower's Market in Chatfield, MN; May – October on Thursdays from 3 – 6 p.m.

Purchase our products at HyVee Barlow in Rochester, MN. Our chicken is also served at Pedal Pusher's Cafe in Lanesboro, MN.

Hilltop Pastures Family Farm, Sara Austin, 26134 Jasmine Drive, Fountain MN 55935. (507) 867-0096. E-mail: hpff@myclearwave.net.
Website: http://www.hilltoppasturesfamilyfarm.com.

The Jerry and Jackie Januschka Family Farm is located in Central Minnesota. We have for sale pork, chicken, and certified organic grass-fed beef.

Pork and beef are available in 1/4, 1/2, or whole. Chickens are available whole only. Your animal will be processed at a locally owned and inspected butcher shop.

Our cattle are only fed grass. They are on pasture in the spring, summer and fall. They are fed organic hay in the winter. The pork and chickens are on grass and are also fed a feed mixture from our organically certified corn, soybeans and oats.

None of our animals receive hormones or antibiotics. Our beef, hay, corn, oats, and soybeans are certified organic by MOSA.

Januschka Farm Fresh Meat, Jerry or Jackie Januschka, 17865 183rd Street, Little Falls MN 56345. (320) 632-4321.
E-mail: jackiejanuschka@hotmail.com.

La Finca is located on a quiet county road in East Central, MN, about 100 miles north of the Twin Cities Metro Area and 50 miles south of Duluth.

Our forty acre farm is a mix of fields, forest, and wetlands where we grow 5 acres of vegetables for our CSA and raise chickens on pasture in portable hoophouses. As they range across our fields, the chickens have access to our locally milled organic chicken feed and fresh water. Unlike chickens raised in confinement, our chickens spend their days pecking away at various plant species and insects, taking dust baths, or resting in the shade. Their high quality diet coupled with the time they spend ranging in our fields produces an exceptionally flavorful bird.

The pasture-raised chicken share consists of 6 frozen chickens, which are delivered in 4 installments during the late summer and fall. The tentative dates for the chicken share delivery are 7/30, 9/15,10/15, and 10/30; each delivery includes 3 frozen chicken halves weighing 7–9 lbs. Delivery sites include St. Paul, Lake Elmo, Stillwater, Hopkins, and South Minneapolis, Duluth, Moose Lake, and at La Finca.

Visit our website or send us an e-mail for more information.

La Finca, Charlie Kersey, PO Box 93, Bruno MN  55712. E-mail: lafinca@earthlink.net. Website: http://www.lafincacsa.com.

Lake Country Lambs, part of a fourth-generation family farm nestled in lush Central-Minnesota lake country, raises natural, grass-fed Katadhin lambs.

We strive to be environmentally friendly, humane, sustainable, and socially responsible while producing great tasting, nutritious lamb with only the finest ingredients: native grasses, sunshine, clean water and respect.

Visit our website to learn more about us or to place an order. Our lamb is available on a limited basis throughout the year so if you have a special event, reserve your lamb early!

Lake Country Lambs, LLC, Amy Mursu, 51113 340th Street, New York Mills MN  56567. (218) 385-LAMB (5262).
E-mail: info@lakecountrylambs.com.
Website: http://www.lakecountrylambs.com

Liberty Land & Livestock. This recently expanded enterprise was formerly called The Lamb Shoppe. Now it offers grassfed lamb, pastured chicken and turkeys, and eggs from free-range hens. "All of our products are raised on fresh green grass, the way nature intended."

Liberty Land & Livestock, Connie Karstens & Doug Rathke, 61231 MN Hwy 7, Hutchinson MN  55350. Phone and fax: (320) 587-6094.
E-mail: Lambshop@hutchtel.net

Lighthouse Farm is a family-owned and operated farm located north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. We raise Icelandic sheep on pasture for delicious lamb meat and luxurious wool, pigs on pasture that yield incredible-tasting meat, grass-fed beef cattle which yield pleasantly-flavored meat, hens on pasture which produce eggs with bright orange yolks, as well as out-of-this-world pastured turkeys and chicken.

We are dedicated to raising animals the way they were created to be raised. The meat from our farm is full-flavored, satisfying and healthy. Our animals receive unlimited sunshine and fresh air as they graze on our rotated pastures. Additionally, they are supplemented with organic kelp as an extra source of vitamins and minerals. The pigs and chickens are given our surplus goat¹s milk contributing to their health and to the tenderness and flavor of their meat. While not certified organic, we use no growth hormones, antibiotics or pesticides on our farm.

Lamb meat is available in the fall. Pork and Beef are available throughout the year. Chicken and turkey need to be pre-ordered. Eggs are available year-round. Prices are available on our website.

Lighthouse Farm, John Mesko, PO Box 192, Princeton MN  55371. (763) 389-0554. E-mail: john@lighthousefarm.com.
Website:  http://www.lighthousefarm.com.

Lynn Brakke Organic Beef, nestled in the heart of the Red River Valley in Northwestern Minnesota, offers 100% certified organic, 100% grassfed beef throughout the year.

Our Angus/cross cattle graze in a rotational pasture system spring through fall and are fed our own high quality alfalfa/grass hay during the winter months. Our beef is processed at a nearby state inspected, organic approved facility, dry-aged, then vacuum sealed in individual cuts, flash frozen, and boxed in 1/8th beef packages. check out our website for packages and pricing.

Lynn Brakke Organic Beef, Lynn Brakke, 5724 170th Avenue South, Moorhead MN 56560-7809. (701) 318 - 0834.
E-mail: lbrakke@aol.com.
Website: http://www.lborganicbeef.com

Misty Meadows Farm. We believe God has given us our farm to raise healthy food to share with others. We want to be good stewards of the land and be sustainable in our practices, which means farming without chemicals.

Misty Meadows Farm has had a goal of producing quality, 100% grass fed and finished beef and lamb, as well as free-range chicken and eggs. We take great pride in offering you meats free of hormones and antibiotics, naturally and humanely raised. We practice management intensive grazing which offers the animals a variety of fresh "salad bar" grazing regularly.

Our meats produced on pasture provide many health benefits. They are rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) which is a natural cancer-fighting amino acid, and Omega 3 fatty acids (which we lack in our diets in this country). We want to make our farm, your farm—a place where you can buy safe, healthy meats.

Our products are available year-round. We are located 15 minutes north of Rochester, Minnesota just off of Highway 52 North. We are also at the Rochester Farmers Market every Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to Noon, from May 1 to October 31.

Misty Meadows Farm, Paul and Lela Wiens, 23155 – 520th Street, Pine Island MN 55963. (507) 356-4350. E-mail: plwiens@pitel.net.
Website: http://www.mistymeadowfarms.com

The Oak Center General Store, built in 1913, was resurrected from the dead in 1976 and is dedicated to rebuilding a better world from the earth up.

The store carries locally raised grass-fed and pastured chicken, beef, pork, lamb, buffalo, elk and eggs, as well as organic produce, fruit and herbs, fair trade organic coffee and bulk organic dried grains and herbs. Bedding plants and perennials are available in season, as well as a full line of gardening tools and homesteading supplies.

All the farmers we use as suppliers comply with our Minnesota Farmer Growing Practices Pledge, which includes treating livestock humanely by providing them with pasture, access to outdoors and fresh air, using no hormones or antibiotics in feed, maintaining and building healthy soils by rotating crops annually, using compost, cover crops and green manures, reducing tillage, and rejecting the use of GMOs, chemically treated seeds, synthetic toxic materials, irradiation and sewer sludge. They also work in cooperation with other farmers and neighboring communities to create a more sustainable way of life for future generations.

Oak Center General Store is also home-base for Earthen Path Organic Farm, a 14-acre fruit, herb and vegetable farm that raises pastured chickens, lamb and eggs and provides part of the produce for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. The CSA sells shares and provides produce for weekly pick-up (deliveries are also available).

Products can be purchased directly at the store and we also ship within our region. We are located on Highway 63, 10 miles south of Lake City, or 25 miles north of Rochester. We are open 9 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday and some Sundays.

Oak Center General Farm Store/Earthen Path Organic Farm, Susan Draves-Schwen and Steven Schwen, RR 1, Box 52 BB, Lake City MN 55041. (507) 753-2080. E-mail: info@oakcentergeneralstore.com  Website: http://www.oakcentergeneralstore.com

PastureDirect Products from Shepherd's Hill Farm offers pastured lamb and beef seasonally, It is raised sustainably on pasture. We process our meat at a USDA-inspected facility so small orders and individual cuts can be shipped anywhere in the US. The majority of our customers buy halves and quarters. Wool mattress pads, comforters, and lamb pelts are also available.

PastureDirect Products from Shepherd's Hill Farm, Steve and Cindy Calvin, 10970 Cody Lake Trail, Montgomery MN  56069. (612) 729-2553. E-mail: info@pasturedirect.com 
Website: http://www.pasturedirect.com

PastureLand is pleased to offer awarding winning* gourmet butter and artisan cheeses from the milk of grass-fed cows grazing organically certified pastures in southeastern Minnesota. We are a small cooperative of family operated, grass-based dairy farms working together for the good of consumers, the environment, and member farmers to ensure a healthy, reliable community food source into the future.

PastureLand co-op members are committed to using sustainable farming methods: building the soil, grass varieties, and pasture eco-systems that nourish our animals. We take great pride in our ability to provide the high-quality pasture necessary for healthy dairy herds without having to supplement their diet with grain. Our cows receive of 100% of their diet from grass during the seven-month growing season, and are housed in sheltered pastures during the winter months.

All of PastureLand farms have received organic and Food Alliance certification, and use no hormones or antibiotics in their herds to enhance growth or production. Our butter and cheese are only made while our animals graze lush, green pastures, and are available at select retail outlets in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, or by mail order.

Our nutrient-rich, yellow butter is shipped frozen in one-pound blocks. Gouda, herb Gouda, tomato-basil Gouda, and cheddar are available in half-pound wedges or 11 pound wheels. We anticipate adding more cheese varieties in coming months. All PastureLand products are pasteurized.

PastureLand, Dodge Center MN  55927. (888) 331-9115. E-mail: jean@pastureland.coop  Website: http://www.pastureland.coop

* American Cheese Society, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Pastures A' Plenty has a goal of "providing on farm employment for all family members and restoring the ecological and social balance of our farm and farming community." This two generation farm is being converted entirely to grassfarming. Pork is available by the cut, whole, or halves year round. Lamb is available in individual cuts, wholes, and halves from Labor Day through winter. Chickens, in halves and wholes, are available year round. All the animals are grassfed during the grazing season. (April-November) All the meat is frozen.

Pasture A' Plenty Farm, Jim Van Der Pol, 4075 110th Ave NE, Kerkhoven MN 56252. (320) 367-2061.
E-mail: vanderpol@prairiefare.com  
Website: www.prairiefare.com

Pedelty Lincoln Reds offer a breed of beef cattle known for their great taste. Lincoln Reds have won numerous taste tests in England. Part of the reason Lincoln Reds are so palatable is because they fatten so easily on grass. Also, the meat is tender because the animals are quiet and do not excite easily. 

Because the Lincoln Reds are a rare breed we have only limited availability and reservations are taken for mixed quarters or sides to be picked up in October.

Pedelty Lincoln Reds, Sarah and Larry Pedelty, 9724 County Road 138 SE, Chatfield MN  55923. (507) 867-9041. E-mail: LSPines@aol.com.

At Serene Green Fields, our cattle and sheep are raised in a humane, natural environment without the use of antibiotics, additives and/or growth hormones. They are rotationally grazed on managed pastures of alfalfa, clovers, trefoil, and multiple grass species. We raise Black Angus, Murray Gray, and British White cattle. Our sheep are Barbados Blackbelly and Katahdin crosses. These are hair sheep raised for their meat and not wool.

We follow the National Organic Standards, but are not certified. Lamb is seasonally available by the half or whole and - Beef by the quarter, half, or whole - aged 21 days at a USDA facility to further enhance its exceptional flavor.

You may pick up your meat either at our farm, or at the locker in Winona, MN or Black Earth, WI. We are dedicated to raising tender, flavorful meat on our ridgetop farm in the beautiful driftless area of Southwestern Wisconsin.

Restaurants: The Meat-ing Place, Main Street Station, Viroqua WI.

Serene Green Fields, Roger Christensen and Joi Leighton, S8251 Peterson Road, Readstown WI 54652. (608) 629-5623.
E-mail: rogerlc@mwt.net.

Sleeping Cat Organic Farm offers chicken that's fully free-range on pasture and fed only certified organic grains, grassfed/grass finished beef, certified organic eggs from grass-fed hens, and fully-free-range veal. Our farm is certified organic by OCIA.

Our broilers are also totally free and protected by shelters moved daily. The eggs are produced by grassfed hens that live in a barn built on skids and moved every few days. The beef is grassfed, and grass finished. It is available by the cut or by quarters and halves.

You can find us in stall #252 of the Minneapolis Farmers' Market (200 N Lyndale, Minneapolis MN) on Saturdays and Sundays. We also have a winter schedule for the Minneapolis Farmers' Market. Delivery available. Shipping available.

We believe grass/organic farming does a better job of controlling soil erosion and sedimentation. It also stops chemical pollutions and produces healthier, safer food.

Sleeping Cat Organic Farm, Arthur and Mindy Desens, 66683 288th Street, Litchfield MN  55355-4800. (320) 693-8449.
E-mail: luckymin@hutchtel.net
Website: http://www.sleepingcatorganicfarm.com

Snake River Farm: Bison, Beef, Hogs, Horses, Farm Tours. Open all year, but please call for appointment.

We raise bison, beef and a few hogs for sale direct to consumers, normally by the ¼. We pasture raise all of our animals in a natural setting. The Snake River winds through our 220 acres for almost a mile creating a unique landscape of native prairie, oak savanna, wooded lowlands, wet meadows and tamarack swamp.

Bison and beef are grass fed only. Our bison herd numbers less than 50 and our beef herd less than 20. We seasonally rotate the herds through open and wooded pastures as is best for the animals and the land. We raise a few hogs each year because they fit in well.

Meat animals are humanely harvested and then processed in a state inspected facility. We use no hormones or antibiotics. We tame and train mustang horses that we adopt from the BLM as yearlings. We sell mustangs gentled or trained to ride and drive.

Miles of trails, a one-room schoolhouse, farm museum and wildlife. We welcome visits and tours especially educational groups.

Snake River Farm, Tom Barthel, 18251 62nd Street, Becker MN 55308. (763) 263 2721.  E-mail: tbarthel@clarus-medical.com

Tamarack Lamb & Wool is a family farm specializing in producing outstanding quality lamb. Located in East Central Minnesota, the short, cool northern summers result in exceptionally high quality native clover pastures that are the mainstay of our lambing and lamb-rearing program.

Tamarack utilizes breeds selected for their ability to turn pasture into a premium quality eating experience. While the Dorset is known as the "Angus" of sheep breeds in the US, the Ile de France is the premier market lamb sire in France known for muscling, with excellent tenderness and flavor. Lambs are butchered at a small, immaculate local shop where the lambs are taken care of promptly and with minimal stress.

Pasture-fed lamb is available August through October; grain-finished lamb is available in December and March. At this time, all orders must be picked up at the farm; no shipping is available. Tamarack is an easy 90-minute trip north of Minneapolis/St. Paul on I-35, located just 2 miles off the interstate south of Hinckley, Minnesota. For price list, please visit our website.

Tamarack Lamb & Wool, Janet W. McNally, 31077 County Highway 61, Hinckley MN  55037. (320) 336-9071. 
E-mail: janet@tamaracksheep.com  
Website: http://www.tamaracksheep.com

On Thompson's Painted Hill Farm we raise grass fed Dexter beef cattle. They are never fed grain–ever. They are rotated regularly. Our beef is available in the fall after the summer growing season.

Our hogs are also raised outside in the fresh air, on pasture and in wooded areas. They are fed a certified organic mixture of corn and soy with kelp and minerals as a supplement. We raise Duroc X hogs and a heritage variety call mule foots. They frequently receive garden scraps as a treat.

Our poultry is free range in the truest sense. The chickens, ducks and turkeys roam the pastures during the day and are kept cooped at night.

We will deliver 100+ lb. orders free within 60 miles of the farm. Farm pickup is available by appointment. We will also ship—fees vary, please call any time.

We are also at the Mankato Farmers Market on Tuesdays and Saturdays during the season, and the Albert Lea Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the season.

Thompson's Painted Hill Farm, Chuck Thompson. 12742 590th Avenue, Wells MN 56097. (507) 369-3587. E-mail: chucksclucks@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.thompsonspaintedhillfarm.com.

Thousand Hills Cattle Company provides a year-round supply of fresh, 100% grass-fed beef available by the cut to virtually all of the health food and Kowalski stores in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. We also sell larger quantities of frozen beef directly to customers. (Please see our website for more information.)

Our cattle are locally raised on small family farms in Minnesota and northeast Iowa, and processed at a state-of-the-art USDA inspected facility in Cannon Falls, MN. Our cattle are raised according to Eatwild.com production standards. In addition, we use a variety of methods, including sonogram technology, to select the most tender and tastiest beef around.

We are committed to making healthy, 100% grass-fed beef convenient for busy families. These stores are staffed by very knowledgeable meat managers, who always have a cooler full of fresh 100% grass-fed beef.

We are committed to assisting those family farmers who can produce more cattle than they can market by themselves. We will purchase those additional cattle that are raised to our demanding specifications, and make sure that these cattle end up in your grocery cart as 100% grass-fed beef, fresh from the meat case.

Thousand Hills Cattle Company, PO Box 323, Cannon Falls MN 55009. (507) 263-4001. E-mail: tlein@thousandhillscattleco.com
Website: http://www.thousandhillscattleco.com.