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Directory of Producers (PDF) What are your primary Name Address Address Contact Person Phone E-mail Website products? Apples, cider, grapes, pumpkins, Apple Ridge Orchard 47418 240th Ave Mazeppa, MN 55956 Vince (507) 843-3033 [email protected] www.appleridgeorchard.com squash Hazelnuts, chestnuts, dandelion greens, nettles, wild berries, Badgersett Research Corporation 18606 Deer Road Canton, MN 55922 Megan or Phillip Rutter 507-743-8570 [email protected] www.badgersett.com apples Christian or Leonard [email protected] , Breezy Bluff Farm 17925 Stage Rd. Spring Grove, MN 55974 Myrah 507-498-3273 [email protected] Beef, lamb Bridal Rock Orchard 72300th Ave Lake City, MN 55041 Chuck Bremer 651-345-4747 [email protected] Apples Bridgeview Farms 46070 County 10 Blvd. Zumbrota, MN 55992 Tim Mack (507) 732-5076 [email protected] Beef, pumpkins, squash Vegetables, chicken, berries, Brown's Family Farm 32060 Furrow Road Lanesboro, MN 55949 Anita 507-875-2615 [email protected] sweet corn Buffalo Gal & Money Creek Buffalo Ranch 32488 Cody Drive Houston, MN 55943 Valerie Shannon (507) 896-2345 [email protected] www.buffalogal.com Bison, boar, beef Buffalo Hills Bison 14011 State 44 Caledonia, MN 55921 Steve Friuechte (507) 724-2833 [email protected] buffalohillsbisonmeat.com Bison meat Elk velvet nutriceutical capsule, Byrne Farm 11026 CoRd 113 NW Pine Island, MN 55963 James Byrne (507) 358-6505 [email protected] byrnefarm.com elk meat Chad and Elizabeth Danger Lamb Farm 15707 Paradise Dr. Houston, MN 55943 Oness (507) 896- 4360 [email protected] Lamb, eggs, vegetables, wool 507-272-7637 (cell), 608-323-3233 Deutsch Family Farm S 1759 Lewis Valley Road Arcadia, WI 54612 Jim Deutsch (business) [email protected] Pork Mike, Jennifer, and Beef, chicken, flowers, eggs, field Earth-Be-Glad Farm 18828 County Road 20 Lewiston MN Johanna Rupprecht (507) 523-2564 [email protected] crops Mark, Laurie, or Ben Fairview Farms 11546 County Road 116 Altura, MN 55910 Timm (507) 534-2034 [email protected] Vegetables Featherstone Fruits & Vegetables 43090 City Park Road Rushford Village, MN 55971 Jack Hedin 507-864-2400 [email protected] www.featherstonefarm.com Vegetables Flavor Ridge Farm/Nelson’s Laverne, Arlene, Ross, Organic Dairy LLC 19675 County Rd. 33 Altura, MN 55910 and Tiffany Nelson 507-796-6233 Cattle, dairy, eggs Courtney or Colette 507-273-4167 or 507- From the Earth Foods 5528 70th Avenue SE Rochester, MN 55904 Buchholtz 273-3797 [email protected] Vegetables, fruits (507) 895-4750 or fax: Fruit Acres PO BOX 23 or 33309 County Road 1 La Crescent, MN 55947 Ralph Yates 507-895-8353 [email protected] Apples Garvin Heights Vineyards, LLC 2255 Garvin Heights Road Winona, MN Marvin Seppanen (507) 313-1917, [email protected] ghbwine.com Wine hiddenstreamfarm@hiddenstreamfa Hidden Stream Farm 27079 Cty Rd 25 Elgin, MN 55932 Eric or Lisa Klein (507) 876-2304 rm.com www.hiddenstreamfarm.com Beef, chicken, pork Hill & Vale Farms Natural Meats RR 1, Box 152 also 21975 183rd Ave Wykoff, MN 55990 Joe or Bonnie Austin (507) 352-4441 [email protected] Beef, lamb Hill Vue Farm 44051 Tower Ridge Rd. Peterson, MN 55962 Jon Peterson 507-864-2722 [email protected] Milk, eggs, beef, lamb Hillside Organics 14277 County Rd. 35 Utica, MN 55979 William Yoder Vegetables, beef, eggs (507) 867-0096, (507) hilltoppasturesfamilyfarm.co Hilltop Pastures Family Farm 26134 Jasmine Dr Fountain, MN 55935 Sara Austin 251-6075 [email protected] m Beef, chicken, pork, turkey Johnston Honey Rochester, MN Don Johnston (507) 252-0016 [email protected] www.johnstonhoney.com Honey Joseph E. G. Yoder 33206 Old Fort Road Chatfield, MN 55923 Joseph Yoder Vegetables Many Hands Farm Rt. 1, Box 125 Theilman, MN 55945 Marge Warthesen (507) 534-3047 [email protected] Vegetables, lamb, goat Richard and Marilyn Vegetables, honey, mushrooms, Merrill's Merri Bees 627 River Street Chatfield, MN Merrill 507-867-4527 [email protected] maple syrup Eric and Andrea Turkey hatching eggs, potentially Miehlisch Turkey Farms 27069 County Rd. 21 Lanesboro, MN 55949 Miehlisch 507-467-2567 [email protected] meat birds Misty Meadows Farm 23155 520th St Pine Island, MN 55963 Paul and Lela Wiens 507-356-4350 [email protected] www.mistymeadowfarms.com Beef, lamb, chicken Larry and Diane Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, turkey, Nature’s Little Farms 60035 Hwy 42 Kellogg, MN 55945 Leonhardt (507) 767-4435 [email protected] eggs, vegetables Pastureland 26889 County 9 Blvd . Goodhue, MN 55027 Michelle Benrud 651-923-5274 [email protected] www.pastureland.coop Butter, cheese Pedelty Lincoln Reds 9724 Co. Rd. 138 SE Chatfield, MN 55923 Sarah Pedelty (507)-867-9041 [email protected] Beef, sweet corn www.bluffcountry.com/appleb Preston Apple & Berry Farm 645 HWY 16/52 East Preston, MN 55965 Joe Gosi (507) 765-4486 [email protected] erry.htm Apples, berries, vegetables Rebecca, Rachel, or Promise Farms 18838 Nelson Valley Rd. Brownsville, MN 55919 David Winnes 507-542-4515 Dairy, beef, eggs, honey Pronschinske Elk Farm doesn't want it publicized Winona, MN Jay Pronschinske 507-457-0208 [email protected] Elk meat Kelly and Donald Prosper Valley Farm 22463 County Road 117 Wykoff, MN 55990 Davidson 507 352 2244 [email protected] prospervalleyfarm.com Vegetables, fruit,eggs, plants Rockie Hill Bison 22627 Buffalo Ridge Road Winona, MN 55987 Gail Griffin (507) 452-8951 [email protected] Bison meat Asparagus, strawberries, Ron's Berry farm 9546 10th St. SE Eyota, MN 55934 Ron Dickie (507) 288-0692 [email protected] raspberries Leslea C. and Brad Root Prairie Galloways 28135 298th St. Fountain, MN 55935 Hodgson (507) 867-4004 [email protected] Beef, chicken Salem Glen Vineyard and Winery 5211 60th Ave SW Rochester, MN 55902 Dottie Edert (507) 365-8758 [email protected] salemglenvinyard.com Wine Claude and Darlene Sandy Hill Acres 26288 Worth Cemetery Road Utica, MN Patzner 507-932-4976 Chicken, pork Vegetables in the near future Santara 23651 - Jesse James Rd. Spring Grove, MN 55974 Lois Brink 651-777-8723 [email protected] (currently focused on field crops) www.mnfarmtours.com/sekap Sekapp Orchard 4315 Collegeview Road East Rochester, MN 55904 Fred Kappauf 507-202-4373 [email protected] p.html Apples Eric Rogich, assistant Southwind Orchards County Hwy 12 Dakota, MN 55925 manager (507) 643-6255 [email protected] Apples Vegetables, sprouts, bread, eggs, Squashblossom Farm 7499 60th Ave NW Oronoco, MN 55960 Susan Waughtal 507-252-9639 [email protected] chicken Sterling Fruit Farm 5542 23rd St. NE Rochester, MN 55906 Lois and Lowell Sterling (507) 252-1309 [email protected] Grapes, raspberries, strawberries Garlic, asparagus, chickens, pork, Sunfresh Foods 19499 Killdeer Rd. Preston, MN 55965 Paul and Karen Schmidt (507) 765-4782 [email protected] eggs (507) 753-2651 (507) Surin Farms 63362 County Road 68 Zumbro Falls, MN 55991 Frank Anderson 272-2068 Sweet corn, Asian vegetables Maxine or William Tapestry Gardens 5804 Hwy 6 LaCrescent, MN 55947 Mormann (507) 895-4496 [email protected] Vegetables The Dry store 28097 Goodview Drive Lanesboro, MN 55949 Mary Bell 507-467-2928 [email protected] drystore.com Dried foods, fresh rhubarb The Winona Farm 22501 East Burns Valley Road Winona, MN 55987 Dick Gallien 507 454 3126 [email protected] thewinonafarm.com Beef, pork, eggs (507) 346-2261, 507- Valley Angus Farm 23717 151st Ave. Spring Valley, MN 55975-3037 Dan Miller 259-6270 (cell) [email protected] Beef, chicken Milk bottled on-site, soon cheese Valley K Kapper's Dairy Farm 1127 Main St. S Chatfield, MN 55923 Jeanette Kappers 507-867-3556 [email protected] curds, ice cream (507) 896-2380, (507) Van Gundy Elk Farm 3383 State 76 Houston, MN 55943 Patty VanGundy 459-1029 [email protected] Elk meat Food grade corn and soybeans, chickens, turkeys, expanding Wagon Wheel Ranch 13775 County Rd. 35 St. Charles, MN 55972 Daniel Isola 507-932-0235 [email protected] vegetable production Weaver Gardens 13226 Highway 74 Altura, MN 55910-9615 Paul Wotzka 507) 767-3225 [email protected] Fruit and vegetables Whitewater Gardens 17485 Calico Hill Rd Altura, MN 55910 Lonny and Sandy Dietz 507-932-5225 [email protected] Vegetables Caroline van Schaik and Wolf Hill Farm 40002 Wolf Hill Dr. La Crescent, MN 55947-4317 Christopher Iremonger (507) 643-6395 [email protected] Six-month-old lamb Yoder's Wagon Works 13570 Keller Dr St. Charles, MN 55972 David A. Yoder Vegetables Your Prairie Son Organic Farm 2335 60th St. SE Rochester, MN 55904 Ray Nelson 507-282-3681 Eggs, milk, vegetables, field crops Herbs, honey, canned goods, Zumbro Herb Farm 35653 County Road 10 Zumbro Falls, MN 55991 Bob and Dan Milam 507-282-1335 vegetables How interested are you How do you describe your business or in selling to Winona Are there any products you Are there any products you'd be products? Do you have any What are your current marketing Have you sold to any County Institutional What months of the year do specialize in producing on a especially interested in selling to How would you transport your certifications? outlets? institutions? Buyers? you have product available? large scale? Winona County institutions? products to the institutions? Integrated pest management On-site, direct to retailers No Somewhat August-December Able to deliver April-may (greens), June-July Sustainable, unsprayed, heirloom (apples), Nov-March(chestnuts), Flexible, able to deliver, (apples) Website, retail No Very year-round (hazelnuts)
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