Minnesota-Based Directories
You can find more detailed information about these directories in our Local Food publication!
Aitkin County Food and Farm Directory. Aitkin County Extension Service. Call (218) 927-7321 or e-mail: aitkin@extension.umn.edu to request a print copy.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Directory. www.landstewardshipproject.org/csa.html. Call the Land Stewardship Project at 651-653-0618 or e-mail: lspwbl@landstewardshipproject.orgto request a print copy.
Food Alliance Midwest Certified Farmers. www.foodalliance.org/certification/certified/producers_MW.htm The Food Alliance certifies farms as following sustainable practices. It also has a list of cooperating retail grocery stores, food services, and distributors that carry products from certified farmers: www.foodalliance.org/products/partners_mw.htm.
Minnesota Grown. www.minnesotagrown.com. The directory covers all regions of Minnesota: northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast, and Twin Cities metro area. E-mail Brian Erickson brian.j.erickson@state.mn.us, or call 651-296-4939 to request a print copy.
Lake Superior Farm Directory. www.lakesuperiorfarming.org/FarmProductsDirectory.aspx. From the Lake Superior Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association. Contact David Hopkins, (218) 393-3276, info@lakesuperiorfarming.org
Local Foods Partnership. www.localfoods.umn.edu. Northwest Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, University of Minnesota. Linda Kingery, Executive Director, 262 Owen Hall, 2900 University Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716. Telephone: 877-854-7737, e-mail: kinge002@umn.edu.
PrairieFare. www.prairiefare.com, e-mail aarner@maxminn.com. This is a small group of western MN farmers who collaborate to market their products.
Pride of the Prairie Local Food Guide. www.prideoftheprairie.org/resources.htm, Telephone: (320) 269-2105, e-mail: lspwest@landstewardshipproject.org
Southeast Minnesota Food Network. southeastmnfoodnetwork.com/smfn/ . Contact Pam Benike: (507) 251-9773. This is a farmer cooperative that supplies products to restaurants and food services.
Stewardship Food Network. www.landstewardshipproject.org/pdf/SFN.pdf (PDF, 120 kb) Call the Land Stewardship Project at 651-653-0618 or e-mail: lspwbl@landstewardshipproject.org to request a print copy.
Sustainable Farming Association of Central Minnesota Marketing Directory. www.sfa-cm.org/market.html. Contact Sue Peterson: azariahsue@yahoo.com.
Whole Farm Co-op. Call 320-732-3023, or e-mail info@wholefarmcoop.com www.wholefarmcoop.com/. This cooperative of farm families offers online ordering of groceries, a storefront in Long Prairie, and numerous drop sites for bulk orders throughout the Twin Cities metro area as well as in several other central and northeastern MN locations.
National Directories
Eat Wild, www.eatwild.com/products/index.html
E-Cooperatives ecoop.netsville.com/
FoodRoutes Network, www.foodroutes.org/ Green People, www.greenpeople.org/
Local Harvest, www.localharvest.org
National Database of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/csastate.htm
Organic Valley www.organicvalley.coop/utility/where_to_buy/index.html
The Farm Locator, www.newfarm.org/farmlocator/index.php
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