Prairie Gardens – A Success Story A Woman-Led Business That Feeds the Community Any day is a perfect day to give a shoutout to women-led businesses that improve the lives of their communities. One such business Prairie Gardens, a farm in Sturgeon County that offers high-quality, fresh, and affordable produce for everyone. Meet Tam Andersen, who has been growing food …
The Long Haul Farmer Tam’s Blog January, 2021 Seven acres of broccoli is a lot of broccoli. A lot to harvest. Ambitious and naïve. It was 1987 and our first year of growing vegetables on a large scale. We had decided that our twenty five acre farm should be able to support us with a living wage by growing food …
Hello everyone! Just a Note to say how much we appreciate your support this year! We have planted over 25 acres of vegetable gardens this spring! It has been an exceptionally busy spring, as we work within COVID protocols, with reduced staff and lots of rain! We are very proud to say that almost everything is in the ground and …
The Sense of Place. (You are Home in a world of Change). I have lived on my farm for 36 years. It’s a farm to care for and worry over, to love and to grow. Memories, stories and images and tears and futures and pasts and visions and dreams exist here. My heart is here. My land is here. My …
