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AURI’s Minnesota Marketplace

Following is a list of products made by AURI clients. Save this section, as Ag Innovation News will publish it only once each year. For more information and updates, visit AURI’s Web site at www.auri.org

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