January 6, 2019
In mid-November I traveled to Washington, D.C. with the National Young Farmers Coalition to lobby congressional representatives to pass a farm bill. Many farm bill programs don't pay any mind to farmers like Andy and I and it is so important that they hear from us. We...
September 17, 2018
Land access.
Values-based stewardship.
New food distribution models.
Cooperation.
Rebelling against corporate control of farms.
Specialty crops.
Food assistance programs benefiting small scale farmers via local market pathways.
We will win.
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July 31, 2017
Andy and I are advocating for improved access to farmland for beginning farmers with our friends in the Central MN Chapter of the Young Farmers Coalition. After months of meetings, phone calls and testimonies at the Capital in Saint Paul we were successful in passing a...
July 29, 2017
Each year the Minnesota Farmers Union celebrates the connection between farms and restaurants through their MN Cooks calendar and State Fair presence. rebelSoil was chosen as one of the 12 selections this year, paired with our friend Heather Meyer at Farm to Fork. Heat...
May 23, 2017
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Our new friends at TENANT Restaurant in South Minneapolis have opened and are making beautiful, delicious plates. Join them for dinner and you get SIX of them. Six plates for $50. Be prepared to try new things, things you're unlikely to ever cook for yourself. Andy and...
April 10, 2017
In late fall of 2015 students from St. Ben's and St. John's traveled around Minnesota and Rwanda to showcase women in agriculture. I was honored to be included in their visits to CSB alumni farmers! As women, we play an important role in bringing food to market and ne...
May 16, 2015
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take a look around...
This is the lovely ford tractor that's been doing our heavy lifting-graciously borrowed from our friends at Prairie Drifter Farm. andy's pictured at its side, letting it know how much we love it, with his beautiful mustache. (It only lasted...
May 16, 2015
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Hey friends! We are here-excuse the two-weeks-too-late announcement. Our plants are in the ground, seeds have germinated, greenhouse built, carpet removed, two cases of beer down-no Hamm's yet, 3 pounds of coffee brewed, hamstrings a touch tight and we're off to a succ...