Directory of Minnesota Organic Farms

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE developed this directory to benefit organic farmers and buyers in Minnesota.

Please note, this directory is intended for farms that sell to each other and to processors, traders, retailers, chefs, and other intermediate or large-scale buyers. If you are seeking organic or other local products for home use, try the Minnesota Grown Directory.

ARE YOU A FARMER? Use it to:

• Assess production and market opportunities, as well as areas of saturation. If you see that every other organic farmer in your area is producing barley, you may decide to differentiate by planting a different small grain instead. Or, if no one else in the area is growing organic dry beans, or sunflowers, for example, this situation might merit further investigation.
• Seek out advice and assistance (e.g., If you are interested in flax production, you might contact individuals who have listed themselves as organic flax growers).
• Form production and/or marketing alliances. For example, a grower may discover that four other growers within a 100-mile radius are planting organic blue corn. These growers may want to get together and negotiate as a group with buyers or shippers.

ARE YOU A BUYER? Use it to:

• Identify and contact farmers already growing a commodity they want to buy.
• Find groups of farmers that farm in a certain county or region.
• Contact farmers about potential production contracts.

We also want this directory to help agricultural professionals – including extension educators, department of agriculture staff and others – identify areas of the state that have clusters of organic growers who may need technical assistance or services.

NOTE: This is a voluntary directory that lists 201 of the estimated 560 organic farms in the state. No farm was listed without its permission.

To comment on this directory or to be listed in future editions call 651-201-6012.

MDA Contact

Meg Moynihan, Principal Administrator
Meg.Moynihan@state.mn.us or 651-201-6616

Ag Marketing & Development Division