"Come on pig, pig, pig, pig, pigs," Amanda Hand called on a recent Wednesday morning. From across the grassy pasture, snorts and squeals from 21 Kunekune pigs erupted. They ran through the tall grass ...
Editor's note: This is the second part in a series on Nettle Valley Farm. Click here to read the first part. SPRING GROVE, Minnesota ― Dayna Burtness said pig season at Nettle Valley farm is the ...
MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...
When it comes to farming, Elsie Simonson said she will always be a lifelong learner. “Farming is hard, but it is such a blessing and the reward is so great,” she said. “It is important to take good ...
Raising heritage breed Mangalitsa pigs in the Appalachian Mountains wasn’t Logan Peck’s initial career goal. Peck moved to ...
FARIBAULT, Minn. ― When Tiffany Tripp moved back to the farm she grew up at in 2011, she didn't realize just over a decade later she'd be running her own successful operation on it. Tripp and her ...
TUSCARAWAS TWP. − The honeymoon phase for Jen and Joe Lautzenheiser included starting a pasture-based farm. The couple married in 2018 and quickly got to work building and growing Glenview Acres. The ...
Phelan O’Connor with his heritage pigs at Pigasus Meats Credit: Daria Bishop Phelan O’Connor, co-owner of Pigasus Meats in South Hero, was raised vegetarian. He never thought much about his diet until ...