SFA would like to our sponsors for their generous support!
Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)
www.mda.state.mn.us
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture ensures the integrity of our food supply, the health of our environment, and the strength of our agricultural economy. Programs include sustainable and organic agriculture, integrated pest management, MN Farmer Assistance Network, Minnesota Grown, and grazing plan assistance.
Minnesota North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
www.sare.org/NCRSARE
NCR-SARE fosters site-specific, integrated farming systems that satisfy human food and fiber needs, enhance environmental quality, natural resource conservation and the integration of on-farm and biological resources, enhance the quality of rural life and support owner-operated farms, protect human health and safety, and promote crop, livestock and enterprise diversity and the well-being of animals.
North Central Region-SARE, University of Minnesota
204 BioAg Eng, 1390 Eckles Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
Bill Wilcke, (612) 625-8205 or wilck001@umn.edu
or Beth Nelson, (612) 625-8217 or schre002@umn.edu
Ag Resource, Inc.
Ag Resource, Inc. provides supplies and equipment to organic growers as well as fruit and vegetable producers. These include: tine weeders, soil amendments, plant nutrients, irrigation (trickle, solid set, pods, travelers), transplanters, seeders, spaders, tillers, sprayers, berry plants, etc.
David Birky, (800) 288-6650, dgbari@tekstar.com
35268 St. Hwy 34, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Mill City Farmers Market
Keynote Address Sponsor
www.millcityfarmersmarket.org
2010 Season: May 8th - October 16th. Join us in supporting our local farmers and small businesses.
Marjorie Hegstrom, (612) 341-7580
marjorie@millcityfarmersmarket.org
704 2nd St S, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Minnesota Garlic Festival
www.sfa-mn.org/garlicfest/
Brought to you by SFA of MN Crow River Chapter
Minnesota Garlic Festival is the premier event for lovers of garlic and good times, promoting gourmet garlic farming in Minnesota. Family friendly, fun filled and fragrant, this festival features local foods, chefs, music, artisans, games, competitions, and lots of garlic - all in support of a healthy environment, sustainble farms and vital rural communities in Minnesota.
Jerry Ford, Minnesota Garlic Festival Executive Director
(320) 543-3394, jerry@marienne.com
7616 25th St SW, Howard Lake, MN 55349
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
www.misa.umn.edu
The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) is a unique partnership between the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota and the Sustainers’ Coalition, a group of individuals and non-profit organizations. The purpose of MISA is to bring together the diverse interests of the agricultural community with interests from across the University community in a cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and beyond.
Beth Nelson, (612) 625-8235 or 1-800-909-MISA (6472)
misamail@tc.umn.edu
411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108
RW Farms, LLC.
www.rwfarmsmn.com
RW Farms provides STA and MN DoT -approved compost and compost blends to improve soil structure, moisture retention and nutrient cycling for your gardens and crops. We can alaso take yard waste and woody material.
Kay Yanisch, (612) 724-6943, kay@rwfarmsmn.com
17505 Kelly Lake Road, Carver, MN 55315
USDA/Farm Service Agency
www.fsa.usda.gov
Nigatu Tadesse, 75 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, nigatu.tadesse@mn.usda.gov
Lighthouse Farm
“Farming Forward” Documentary Sponsor
www.lighthousefarm.com
Lighthouse Farm supplies grass fed, organic beef and lamb, as well as pastured pork to the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Sign up for our e-newsletter at www.lighthousefarm.com.
John Mesko, (763) 389-0554, john@lighthousefarm.com
Box 192, Princeton, MN 55371
Prudential Financial
“Beginnings, Middles and Ends: Real Stories
from the Field” Sponsor
I work with farmers and ranchers, small and large farms and individuals for transition planning of their businesses.
Thomas Zubrod, (952) 544-9533 ext. 7132 or ext. 7109
600 S. Hwy 169 Ste 1000, St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Sustainable Food Production at M-State Fergus Falls
“Careers in a Sustainable Food System” Sponsor
www.minnesota.edu
M-State Sustainable Food Production Poster (PDF)
Sustainable Food Production Course Listing (PDF)
M-State’s hands-on Sustainable Food Production courses give students the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the many agricultural and environmental challenges facing food production in the 21st century. Students enrolled in M-State’s food production courses emerge at the forefront of this critical subject, prepared to grow food themselves and contribute to the country and the world as innovative problem solvers and catalysts for positive change in this new paradigm of food production.
Dr. Sue Wika, (218) 736-1636, sue.wika@minnesota.edu
1414 College Way, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Albert Lea Seed House
www.alseed.com
The Albert Lea Seed House is an independent, locally-owned seed business offering a full range of conventional and organic field corn, soybeans, small grains, alfalfa, perennial and annual grasses and forages, cover crops, native grasses and forbs, sweet corn, and garden seed.
Jim Wichmann, 1-800-352-5247, seedhouse@alseed.com
1414 W Main St. (PO Box 127), Albert Lea, MN 56007
Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Upper MN River Valley
www.prideoftheprairie.org
Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Upper Minnesota River Valley is an educational campaign that identifies the region for its abundant supply of local and sustainable foods, educational awareness to help eaters understand food systems and make healthy choices and a chapter of partners working together to build a regional food system.
Dorothy Rosemeier, (320) 760-3735, rosemeie@umn.edu
680 80th Ave SE, DeGraff, MN 56271
Anne Borgendale, (320) 226-6318, communications@sfa-mn.org
Crow River Chapter of SFA
Encompassing an incredibly diverse part of the state that includes the Twin Cities and the rural counties to their west, Crow River offers opportunites for farmers, sustainable farming supporters and consumers to participate in a vital organization that presents a wide range of programs from on-farm activities to the MN Garlic Festival.
Greg Reynolds, (763) 972-3295, greg.reynolds@frontier.com
5405 Calder Ave. SE, Delano, MN 55358
Gardening World Wide
www.gareningww.com
Promoting Square Foot Gardening in community educational programs and town events to groups. 11 years volunteering in Maple Lake School with kids.
Connie Lahr, (320) 963-3690, pclahr@yahoo.com
208 Oak Ave N, Maple Lake, MN 55358
Great Lakes Worm Watch (University of Minnesota, Duluth – The Natural Resources Research Institute)
www.greatlakeswormwatch.org
We are a citizen research and education program that involves people in field experiences and learning about the potential negative impacts of non-native earthworms commonly used and sold for bait and vermicomposting.
Cindy Hale, (218) 720-4364, cmhale@d.umn.edu
5013 Miller Trunk Hwy, Duluth, MN 55811
Land Stewardship Project
www.landstewardshipproject.org
Land Stewardship Project is a grassroots membership organization made up of farmers, as well as rural and urban residents, working to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities. LSP offers publications, field days, seminars and workshops about sustainable farming and sustainable community development.
Farm Beginnings™ is an LSP initiative that provides opportunities for beginning and transitioning farmers to learn firsthand about values clarification and goal setting, whole farm planning, business plan development, and low-cost, sustainable farming methods.
LSP offices: Twin Cities Area: 821 East 35th Street, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55407, (612) 722-6377; Southeast Minnesota: P.O. Box 130, 180 East Main St, Lewiston, MN 55952, (507) 523-3366; Western Minnesota: 301 State Road Ste 2, Montevideo, MN 56265, (320) 269-2105
Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA)
www.mosaorganic.org
MOSA provides reliable and efficient verification and certification services to organic producers and processors primarily in the Midwestern United States.
Bonnie Wideman, (608) 637-2526, mosa@mosaorganic.org
PO Box 821, Viroqua, WI 54665
The Minnesota Project
www.mnproject.org
The Minnesota Project champions the sustainable production and equitable distribution of energy and food in communities across Minnesota. Our programs are focused on the development, conservation and efficient use of renewable energy; farm practice and policy that promote profitable farms that protect and replenish the environment; and the production and consumption of local, sustainably grown foods.
Minnesota Project, (651) 645-6159, mnproject@mnproject.org
1885 University Ave, Ste 315, St. Paul, MN 55104
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association (MCIA)
www.mncia.org
MCIA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the productivity, profitability, and competitive position of its members. MCIA provides a full array of certification services for seed, native seed, weed-seed-free forage and mulch, and identity preserved grain. MCIA provides foundation seed and does variety licensing for University of Minnesota varieties. Since 2002 MCIA has been a USDA-NOP accredited organic certification agency for crops, livestock, wild crops, and handling/processing.
Michelle Menken (Organic Account Coordinator)
1-800-510-6242, (612) 625-7766
mncia@umn.edu, michelle.menken@mncia.org
1900 Hendon Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
Minnesota Department of Agriculture SPONSOR EXHIBIT
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU)
www.mfu.org
MFU is “A Voice for Rural Communities and the People Who Live There.” MFU works to protect and enhance the economic interests and quality of life of family farmers and ranchers and rural communities. MFU is a nonprofit membership-based organization. Membership is open to farmers and non-farmers. For membership info, contact:
Minnesota Farmers Union, (651) 639-1223 or 800-969-3380
mfu@mfu.org
600 County Rd D. W, Ste 14, St. Paul, MN 55112-3521
SFA also thanks MFU for providing the coffee for today’s event.
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) SPONSOR EXHIBIT
Minnesota North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) SPONSOR EXHIBIT
Prudential Financial SPONSOR EXHIBIT
Ryan Nelson Independent Amsoil Dealer
An independent Amsoil dealership providing sales and distribution of the entire Amsoil and AGgrand product line. Amsoil products are fully synthetic lubricants that enable extended drain intervals and better protection of your equipment. This allows you to reduce your inputs and use you equipment longer, saving you money. AGgrand is a line of safe and cost effective line of natural and organic liquid fertilizers.
Ryan Nelson, ryan.amsoil@ymail.com
2239 St. Stephen St, Roseville, MN 55113
RuraLife Farm and Fjords
John & Bev Sluss, jsluss@tds.net
PO Box 475, Brooten, MN 56316
RW Farms, LLC. SPONSOR EXHIBIT
St. Olaf College Bookstore
www.stolafbookstore.com
The St. Olaf Bookstore is a full service, independent campus bookstore owned by St. Olaf College. We provide general reading books, Scandinavian gifts, campus course materials, supplies and St. Olaf clothing and gifts.
Ruth Block, (507) 786-3049, block@stolaf.edu
1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057
St. Olaf Garden Research & Organic Works
www.stolaf.edu/orgs/stogrow/
STOGROW is a self-sustaining business that links the St. Olaf community with the school food service, Bon Appetit. Student workers and volunteers are provided hands-on learning opportunities about sustainable agriculture.
Laura Carpenter, (952) 380-7053, Lcarpenter224@gmail.com
1500 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057
Sustainable Food Production at M-State Fergus Falls SPONSOR EXHIBIT
USDA/Farm Service Agency SPONSOR EXHIBIT
University of Minnesota Organic Ecology Program
organicecology.umn.edu
The University of Minnesota’s Organic Ecology Program, based at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center, explores the science of organic agriculture through on-farm and experiment station research; variety trials; organic no-till and high tunnel research and demonstrations; organic field days; workshops; publications; and the www.organicecology.umn.edu website.
Jim Riddle, Southwest Research and Outreach Center
Home phone (507) 454-8310, SWROC phone (507) 752-7372
riddl003@umn.edu
23669 130th St, Lamberton, MN 56152
University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
www.regionalpartnerships.umn.edu
The Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships work to sustain Minnesota’s natural resource-based communities and industries by addressing community-identified agriculture, natural resources, and tourism issues in partnership with the University of Minnesota.
Kathryn J. Draeger, Statewide Director
office: (612) 625-3148, cell: (651) 470-7720
draeg001@umn.edu
411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN 55108
W.R. Grains Inc
Supplier of Natural, Organic livestock feeds and free choice minerals. Our natural feeds feature grains from producers transitioning to organic.
Mark Thell, (218) 851-7718, thell@cpinternet.com
2553 Co. Rd. 3, Wrenshall, MN 55797
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota (SFA)
www.sfa-mn.org
SFA is a statewide, grassroots based, non-profit organization that support the development and enhancement of sustainable farming systems through innovation, demonstration, education, and farmer-to-farmer networking.
John Mesko Executive Director,
(763) 389-2316 (office), (763) 260-0209 (cell), john@sfa-mn.org
Box 192, Princeton, MN 55371
Anne Borgendale, Communications Coordinator, communications@sfa-mn.org or (320) 226-6318,
Jerry Ford, Youth Outreach & Events Coordinator, jerry@marienne.com or (320) 543-3394.
Minnesota Dairy Initiative (MDI)
www.mndairyinitiative.org
MDI is a producer-led initiative to energize a healthy and vibrant dairy industry in Minnesota.
Jeremy Lanctot, SFA’s statewide MDI coordinator
(320) 980-2333, mdi@sfa-mn.org
17734 335th St, Sunburg, MN 56289
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