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FOOD PRODUCTS
Beef sticks, beef and turkey jerky
Maple Grove Meats, Inc.
Kevin Westholter
(612) 261-2492
Bison meat products
MN Bison Marketing Cooperative
Frank Hendricks
(218) 346-3556
E-mail: bison@djam.com
Blueberries, strawberries & asparagus
Great River Gardens
Joe Riehle
(877) 286-3408
or (218) 927-2521
E-mail: jriehle@mlecmn.net
Breads, yeast-free organic
French Meadow Bakery
Lynn Gordon
(612) 870-4740
and 1-877-No Yeast
www.frenchmeadow.com
E-mail: info@frenchmeadow.com
Cheese and bison products
Eichten’s Hidden Acres
Eileen Carlson
(800) 657-6752
eichtencheeseandbison@msn.com
Creamline milk
Gemini Guernsey
(218) 845-2243
Ethnic sausage, gyro meat
and sauces
Papa George Food Products
George Ghanem
(651) 430-0989
Free-range chickens
Thorson’s Farm Fresh Chickens
(218) 894-3071
Free-range chickens
Kadejan
Pete Thorfinnson
(320) 634-3561
Fresh meats and deli products
Lorentz Meats & Deli
Steve Lorentz
800-535-6382 or (507) 263-3617
www.lorentzmeats.com
homemade@lorentzmeats.com
Goat cheese products
Stickney Hill Dairy, Inc.
Bradley Donnay
(320) 398-5360
www.StickneyDairy.com
E-mail: bdonnay@aol.com, or stickney@uslink.net
Grape juice, jelly, table grapes
Great River Vineyards
Barb and John Marshall
(651) 345-3531
E-mail: grapes@rconnect.com
Honey
Pure and Natural Honey
Joey Leiting
(218) 945-3531
www.purecountryhoney.com
E-mail: aleiting@yahoo.com
Kefir and rBGH-free dairy
Helios Nutrition
George Economy
(507) 389-9032
Lamb products
Country Meadow Farms Co-op
Todd Marek
(651) 982-0915
Lamb products
The Lamb Shoppe
Connie Karstens
(320) 587-6094
E-mail: lambshop@hutchtel.net
Meat, cheese, vegetables,
eggs, etc.
Whole Farm Cooperative
Phil Arnold
(320) 732-4398
www.alexweb.net/wholefarmcoop
E-mail: wholefarm@rea-alp.com
OatsCream frozen dessert
American Oats, Inc.
Crystal Schachterle
(612) 824-7620
www.oatscream.com
E-mail: ameroats@oatscream.com
Ostrich products
Midwest Ostrich Coop
(319) 382-0085
Ostrich products
Ostrich Producers Co-op
of the Midwest
Charles Sheets
(319) 382-0085
Popcorn – virtually hulless
S&W Family Farms, Inc.
Mike & Gail Welsh
(612) 689-4423
E-mail: Swfamilyfarm@aol.com
Pork products
Minnesota Certified Pork
Dave Starner
(320) 986-2607
Potato dumpling, klub, pancake and lefsa mixes
Penn Foods
Troy Gullekson
(218) 945-6927
www.pennfoods.com
E-mail: dumplings@pennfoods.com
Potato lefsa
Lena’s Lefsa
(218) 962-3356
Prairie Smoke Barbeque Sauce
BOLT Enterprises
Lynn Arndt
(507) 274-6111
www.westbrook.mntm.org/WWGSite/Programs/BoltPages/bolt.html
boltent@www.westbrook.mntm.org
Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and asparagus
The Berry Patch
Kevin Edberg
(651) 433-3448
E-mail: bpberries@aol.com
Rhubarb and mixed fruit spreads
Aunt Cookie’s Spreadable Fruits
Terry or Cookie Potucek
(218) 745-5589
Rhubarb and fruit wines
Forestedge Winery
Paul Shuster
(218) 224-2668
E-mail: shusters@paulbunyan.net
Shiitake mushroom soup mixes
Pete Jager
Jager Foods, Inc.
(320) 732-6925
Snack foods
Lighthouse Foods
(320) 847-3680
Soup mixes
ProVision Farms
Gary Luckow
(218) 281-5282
www.provisionfarms.com
E-mail: food@provisionfarms.com
Soybean snacks
Earthwise Snack Foods
Curt Petrich
(218) 281-1489
Spiral cut hams, sausages
and meat products
Steve’s Meat Market
(507) 684-2331
Spreadable fruit
RBJ’s Restaurant Inc.
Kim Samuelson
(218) 281-3636
www.spreadablefruit.com
E-mail: rbjsjam@rrv.net
Strawberries, blueberries, apples
J.Q. Fruit Farm
(612) 389-2567
E-mail: JQFruit@sherbtel.net
Venison, bison, rabbit, pheasant
Lofton Ridge Deer Farm
(651) 257-8638
Wild rice products
Ramy International
(507)-387-4091
Wine
Morgan Creek Vineyards
Georg and Paula Marti
(507) 947-3547
Wine, jellies, honey and wild rice
Minnesota Wild
Lori Gordon
(218) 768-4917
Zucchini relish
Angelica’s Garden
(651) 772-1710
GIFT/SPECIALTY
Candles, gourmet food items, candles, etc.
Walnut Grove Mercantile
Klein Foods
(507) 537-3127
Fingerlings, bait fish
and aquarium fish
Midwest Fish & Crayfish
John Reynolds
(218) 765-3030
E-mail: fishes@brainerd.net
Skin-care, lotions and ointments
Steuart Labs
Gary Steuart or Doug Baker
(507) 886-2661
www.steuartlabs.com
E-mail: steuart@means.net
Soil blends
Mississippi Topsoils
Brad Matuska
(320) 685-7676
www.composter.com/topsoils
E-mail: brad@composter.com
Soybean-based hand lotion
SoySoft, Inc.
Cliff and Lucy Larson
(800) 668-2262
www.soysoft.com
E-mail: Soysoft@soysoft.com
Soy-based fertilizer
Renaissance Fertilizers, Inc.
A.J. Hodges
1-800-395-GROW (4769)
www.organicfertilizer.com
E-mail: ajh@organicfertilizer.com
Soybean wax candles
Redwood Candle Company
Jill Anderson
(507) 644-2200
www.redwoodcandle.com
E-mail: info@redwoodcandle.com
FARM/GARDEN
Composting systems and containerized composting products
NaturTech Composting Systems
(651) 253-6255
www.composter.com/composting/naturtech
E-mail: naturtech@composter.com
Fertilizers – natural and organic
Bio Builder
Joshua Zeithamer
(320) 766-7730
E-mail: biobuild@rea-alp.com
Grain dust suppression systems
KRP Enterprises, Inc.
Robert Peterson
(320) 564-2299
Hazelnut and chestnut plants
Badgersett Research Farm
Phil Rutter
(507) 743-8570
www.badgersett.com
E-mail: electricflanl@hotmail.com
Liquid foliar fertilizer
SummerSet Products, Inc.
(612) 820-0363
Manure management systems
West Central Environmental Consultants (WCEC)
Bruce Droegemueller
(320) 589-2039
PET CARE
Animal bedding and cat litter
LoneTree Pet Products
Lanny or Sharon Billings
(218) 657-2408
www.lonetreemn.com
E-mail: lonetree@gvtel.com
Wheat cat litter
Pet Care Systems, Inc.
Mike Hughes
(800) SWHEATS
www.swheatscoop.com
E-mail: markh@swheatscoop.com
INDUSTRIAL
Aseptic food processing & packaging
Hoffman Aseptic Packaging, Inc.
Tom Ashley
(320) 986-2084
E-mail: hapcoalx@rea-alp.com
Corrosion protection solutions
Cortec Corporation
Art Ahlbrecht
(651) 429-1100
www.cortecvci.com/cortec
E-mail: info@cortecvci.com
Environmental consulting services
Clearwater Technologies
Del Hogan
(612) 783-7344
Food processing
wastewater treatment
New Bio
Michael Gratz
(612) 476-6194
www.newbio.com
E-mail: mike@newbio.com
Waste treatment
AquaCare International, Inc.
Robert F. Haugen
(320) 589-0090
www.aquacareinternational.com
E-mail: cjhaugen@eot.com
Starch packing peanuts and plastic resins
Starch Tech, Inc.
(612) 545-5400
www.starchtech.com
e-mail: sti@starchtech.com
