Read about the variety of projects funded through the AGRI Value-Added Grant program.
- Fiscal Year 2025
- Fiscal Year 2024
- Fiscal Year 2023
- Fiscal Year 2022
- Fiscal Year 2021
- Fiscal Year 2020
- Fiscal Year 2019
- Fiscal Year 2018
- Fiscal Year 2017
- Fiscal Year 2016
- Fiscal Year 2015
- Fiscal Year 2014
Fiscal Year 2025
| Business Name | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Corn Clean Fuel, LLC | Purchase of distiller's grain drying equipment, enabling ethanol plant to expand production of ethanol, distillers grains, and corn oil sourced from MN grains. | Claremont | Dodge |
| Ancient Wheat Craft | Purchase of stone mill, grain cleaning equipment, and packaging equipment to grind MN-grown wheat into artisan flour. | Elbow Lake | Grant |
| Crested River | Electrical install and purchase of a pasteurizer and CIP (clean-in-place) system for greater hemp processing capacity and food safety. | Morgan | Redwood |
| Hoyo | Purchase of combination oven, vegetable peeler, vertical cutter machine, kettle mixer, metal detector, and additional equipment for increasing production capacity as a food manufacturer. | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| In-Cider Orchard | Purchase of freezer equipment including insulated walls, ceiling, doors, compressor, and condenser for food-safe storage of apple juice. | Mora | Kanabec |
| Loon Liquors | Purchase of stone mill, grain cleaner, additional milling equipment, and distillery bottling equipment for increasing distillery grain processing. | Northfield | Rice |
| Nature's Holistic Farm, LLC | Purchase of commercial-grade freeze dryer and freezer for increasing processing capacity of MN-grown herbs, fruits, and vegetables. | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Nystrom Orchard | Purchase of apple washer-grinder, transfer pump, power washer, pasteurizer, and bag filler for increasing cider processing efficiency and food safety. | Worthington | Nobles |
| PlantB, LLC | Purchase of dry-blender and filler to increase processing capacity of plant protein product manufacturer. | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Rolling Forks Vineyards | Purchase of wine-bottling line. | Glenwood | Pope |
| Sandhill Mill | Converting existing mill building into grain storage area for improved food safety. | Canby | Yellow Medicine |
| Prairie PROducers | Purchase of hemp form, fill, and seal packaging system. | Olivia | Renville |
| Spirit Lake Native Farms | Purchase of firewood processor used for making wood-fired maple syrup and traditional parching of wild rice. | Sawyer | Carlton |
| Sunrich Products, LLC | Purchase of pasteurization equipment for increased processing capacity of MN-grown sunflower kernels. | Crookston | Polk |
| The Good Acre | Remodel of commercial kitchen to serve as dedicated space for processing, assembly, and packaging of CPG items and CSAs. | Falcon Heights | Ramsey |
| X2 Pastries | Purchase of HVAC system, hood, double stack convection oven, singe rack roll-in oven, walk-in fridge, and a walk-in freezer for brick-and-mortar bakery. | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Zumbro Falls Golf Club | Purchase of bottler, water heater, labeling machine, and air compressor for local winery. | Zumbro Falls | Wabasha |
Fiscal Year 2024
| Business Name | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute | Purchase of hemp processing equipment, including a decortication system, hemp seed cleaner, and herd binder. | Osage | Becker |
| Crème de la Crème | Purchase of a labeler, capping machine, and mixer for value-added pecan and granola production. | Deephaven | Hennepin |
| Doubting Thomas Farms | Purchase of stone mill for making flour on-site. | Moorhead | Clay |
| Harry’s Pizza | Purchase of a waterfall pizza topping applicator. | Elrosa | Stearns |
| Hoyo Inc. | Construction of production facility and purchase of equipment (freezer, fryer, mixer, oven, dishwasher, etc.) for sambusa production. | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Loon Liquors | Purchase of still for micro-distillery. | Northfield | Rice |
| M2D Enterprises | Construction of produce shed for washing and packing of produce; purchase of freezer. | Saint Michael | Wright |
| Naima’s Farm | Purchase of walk-in freezer and storage, washing, and packing area for value-added farm products. | Alexandria | Douglas |
| NativeWise | Purchase of refrigerated vehicle for transport of processed bison. | Sawyer | Carlton |
| Northern Diversified Solutions | Purchase of hemp processing equipment to increase capacity. | Burnsville | Dakota |
| Peatland Reds | Purchase of a potato grading system. | Trail | Polk |
| Prairie PROducers | Purchase of hemp form, fill, and seal packaging system. | Olivia | Renville |
| River Rock Kitchen & Baking Co. | Purchase of ovens, tables, and flooring for incorporating Kernza into baked goods. | Saint Peter | Nicollet |
| Rookie Farmers | Purchase of fiber baling machine for hemp insulation line. | South Haven | Stearns |
| Round Lake Vineyards & Winery | Purchase of dryer and other processing equipment for converting grape byproducts into flour, oil, and supplement extract. | Round Lake | Jackson |
| Sailor Mercy | Purchase of bottle labeling equipment. | Stillwater | Washington |
| Healthy Harvest | Purchase and construction of walk-in freezer/cooler. | Hillman | Morrison |
Fiscal Year 2023
| Business Name | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumnwoods Farm | Expanding cooler and freezer space, refrigerated loading dock for food safety. | Forest Lake | Washington |
| Benson + Turner Foods | Purchasing equipment for livestock slaughter, refrigerated trailer, freezers, processing, and packaging equipment for new USDA-inspected meat processing plant and storefront. | Waubun | Mahnomen |
| Blackshire Farms | Purchasing apple pressing, fermenting, and pasteurization equipment; building out cider-making space. | Luverne | Rock |
| Butcher Block Meats | Purchasing refrigerated truck and equipment for expanding processing facility. | Glyndon | Clay |
| Carl’s Lefse | Purchasing dough and oven equipment for lefse production; water heater and washing equipment for food safety. | Hawley | Clay |
| Clean Chickens and Co. | Fabrication and installation of custom rail system, V-Belt restrainer, and dehider for lamb and goat slaughter and processing facility. | Elk River | Sherburne |
| Doubting Thomas Farms | Purchase of an organic (grain) seed cleaner. | Moorhead | Clay |
| Falk’s Seed Farm | Purchase of a specialty seed cleaning and bagging line. | Murdock | Swift |
| Farmers’ Kitchen | Increasing raw vegetable storage capacity with refrigeration and climate control for fermentation business. | Wrenshall | Carlton |
| Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables | Construction of a vegetable processing facility with commercial kitchen and walk-in freezer. | Rushford | Filmore |
| Foothills Orchard | Purchase of equipment for apple washing, sorting, and grading. | Little Falls | Morrison |
| Full Circle Farms | Infrastructure changes and equipment for the establishment of an on-farm flour milling operation and sourdough micro-bakery. | Starbuck | Pope |
| Hidden Stream Farm | Purchase of refrigeration equipment for cold storage. | Elgin | Wabasha |
| Jenniges Meat Processing | Purchase of new retail coolers, flash freezer, and holding coolers for slaughter facility. | Glenwood | Pope |
| La Michoacana Purepecha | Purchase of a popsicle production and packaging machine. | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Midwest Meats | Purchase of vacuum stuffer, meat grinder, beef splitting saw, vacuum sealer, and other meat processing equipment. | New York Mills | Otter Tail |
| NativeWise | Building a value-added food storage facility, including refrigeration and freezer. | Sawyer | Carlton |
| Nerstrand | Expanding processing capacity with new smokehouses, coolers, a freezer, and packaging machine. | Lake City | Wabasha |
| Perennial Pantry | Purchase of a flour sifter, flour air conveyor, can sealer, and can labeler for new Kernza cracker dough manufacturing facility. | Burnsville | Dakota |
| Petty Brothers Meats | Purchase of a thermoforming vacuum packaging machine. | Annandale | Wright |
| Popple Creek | Purchase of elderberry processing and packaging equipment. | Clearbrook | Clearwater |
| Redhead Creamery | Purchase of milk bottling, distillery safety, and cheese processing equipment. | Brooten | Stearns |
| Rookie Farmers | Purchase of decortication equipment used to process industrial hemp into fiber and hurd. | South Haven | Stearns |
| Sno Pac | Purchase of packaging line for frozen vegetable retail packing. | Caledonia | Houston |
| Sprout MN | Purchase of labeling, packing, traceability, and kitchen equipment for value-added food businesses. | Little Falls | Morrison |
| TC Farm | Purchase of venting hood, cooling unit, and blast cooler to increase food safety and efficiency. | Minnetonka | Hennepin |
| The Donut Trap | Purchase of donut production equipment (refrigerator, oven, mixer, proofer, hood system, etc.) | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Thoj Group | Purchase of box truck to maintain freshness of perishable greens during transport. | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Vikings and Goddesses | Purchase of oven and associated HVAC updates for bakery. | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Von Hanson’s | Purchase of sausage stuffer. | Plymouth | Hennepin |
| 7 Vines Vineyard | Purchase of wine bottling line. | Dellwood | Washington |
Fiscal Year 2022
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Lake Farms LLC | Equipment | Purchase equipment to automate pumpkin seed processing | Chisago City | Chisago |
| 3Hmong Sausage | Equipment | Acquire a sausage linking machine | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Back Home Farms | Equipment | Purchase equipment and physical improvements for processing poultry on site | Park Rapids | Hubbard |
| Bolton Bees | Equipment | Make production improvements with honey extraction and wax rendering equipment, temperature controlled honey storage, and product transport vehicle | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Brand Farms | Equipment | Purchase a mechanical egg washer | Farmington | Dakota |
| Carlson Meat Shop | Equipment | Purchase meat slicer and meat mixer | Grove City | Meeker |
| Civil Sass | Equipment | Buy post processing cold chain storage unit | Chatfield | Fillmore |
| Clean Chickens and Co. | Equipment | Purchase equipment to process Halal goat meat | Elk River | Sherburne |
| Country Blossom Farm LLC | Equipment | Purchase apple cider production equipment | Alexandria | Douglas |
| Dutch House Confections | Equipment | Purchase a cooker to double caramel cooking capacity | Nelson | Douglas |
| Foley Locker Inc. | Equipment | Purchase of equipment for sausage kitchen to increase production and label products for those with food allergies and sensitivities | Foley | Benton |
| Fresha LLC | Equipment | Acquire equipment to cut, peel, sort, bag, and expand line production capacity of baby cut carrots | Morris | Stevens |
| Gardner Family Farm LLC | Equipment | Become an E2 poultry slaughter plant with purchase of processing equipment | Spring Grove | Houston |
| Golden Hawk Farm | Equipment | Acquire processing facility equipment | Mabel | Houston |
| Midwest Meats LLC | Equipment | Add a kill floor and purchase production equipment | New York Mills | Otter Tail |
| Millerville Cooperative Creamery Association | Equipment | Purchase a butter churn and a refrigerated truck to expand distribution territory | Brandon | Douglas |
| MinnTofu LLC | Equipment | Expand tofu production lines | Spring Lake Park | Anoka |
| North Fork Distillery LLC | Equipment | Expand fluid milk processing, double cheese producing capacity, and adding North Fork Distillery - which at this time would be the world's first-ever cow-milk-whey on-farm distillery | Brooten | Stearns |
| Northwest Grains International LLC | Equipment | Purchase food grade non-GMO soybean handling system | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Nystrom Orchard | Equipment | Purchase a cider press | Worthington | Nobles |
| TC Farm | Equipment | Expand market access though purchase of refrigerated delivery vans, warehouse equipment, food processing, manufacturing, and packaging equipment | Minnetonka | Hennepin |
| TFC Poultry LLC | Equipment | Install a chilled water system to cool plant air and cool the process water used in high-pressure deboning machines | Ashby | Grant |
| U.S. 212 Beef Corporation | Equipment | Purchase Foss MeatMaster II x-ray analysis equipment and conveyor belt line equipment | Buffalo Lake | Renville |
Fiscal Year 2021
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN Meats and Markets (Schaefer's Market) | Equipment | Build meat processing and sausage production facility | Sauk Centre | Stearns |
| Harry's Frozen Foods | Equipment | Automate cheese application for frozen pizza | Elrosa | Stearns |
| Stickney Hill Dairy | Equipment | Increase milk processing with reverse osmosis/ultra filtration equipment | Rockville | Stearns |
| Milk and Honey Ciders | Equipment | Enhance shelf stabilization with beverage equipment purchase | Saint Joseph | Stearns |
| Backroad Meats | Equipment | Increase productivity of bacon with processing and packaging equipment | Milaca | Mille Lacs |
| ForageScape Farm, LLC | Equipment | Increase egg production with purchase of automated egg washing/candling equipment | Onamia | Mille Lacs |
| Foley Locker, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase grinder, tumbler, and sanitizing equipment | Foley | Benton |
| Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed | Equipment | Build out meat processing room and purchase equipment to grind, portion and package fresh grass-fed beef | Becker | Sherburne |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | Equipment | Buy hemp processing equipment to process hemp hurd and make hempcrete | Morton | Renville |
| Schwarzrock Meat Market, Inc. | Equipment | Convert building for slaughter and hog processing, and purchase walk-in carcass cooler, refrigerated delivery truck, and other equipment | Hutchinson | McLeod |
| Vertical Malt | Equipment | Invest in ten-ton malting system | Fisher | Polk |
| Lorentz Etc., Inc. (Lorentz Meats) | Equipment | Build hide processing building and dry good packaging storage building and purchase equipment | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Big River Beverage Company, LLC | Equipment | Increase production with purchase of brew kettle, keg washer, sanke kegs, and additional cold storage | Goodview | Winona |
| Austin Williams | Equipment | Acquire equipment for new meat processing center | Brewster | Nobles |
| Morgan's Meat Market | Equipment | Upgrade production equipment, purchase new smokehouse, and replace production room floor | New Richland | Waseca |
| Prairie Meats, Inc. | Equipment | Start second production line and resurface floor in processing, slaughter, and retail area | Danube | Renville |
| SnoPac Foods | Equipment | Purchase sliver sizer removal and conveyor equipment | Caledonia | Houston |
| Featherstone Farm | Equipment | Construct addition to warehouse and cooler upgrade | Rushford | Fillmore |
| Benson + Turner Foods, Inc. | Equipment | Construct USDA-inspected meat processing plant and purchase equipment | Waubun | Mahnomen |
| Clean Chickens and Co. | Equipment | Purchase truck and aluminum trailer for mobile poultry processing | Elk River | Sherburne |
| Zup's Market-Babbitt | Equipment | Buy sausage stuffer and linker to expand product line | Babbitt | Saint Louis |
| Love Creamery | Equipment | Remodel production facility and support ice cream production | Two Harbors | Lake |
| Ranchers Legacy US OP, LLC | Equipment | Integrate Tomahawk TM-400 forming system to increase production capacity | Vadnais Heights | Ramsey |
| Bare Honey, LLC | Equipment | Create single-serve honey processing and packaging | Maplewood | Ramsey |
| Sovereign Estate Winery | Equipment | Upgrade bottling line | Waconia | Carver |
| Concord Fresh Meat, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase Indoor cooler, rail system, refrigerated truck, indoor freezer unit, and processing cooler | South St. Paul | Dakota |
| Quebracho, LLC | Equipment | Sustain growth with purchase of new empanada press, food/meat grinder, and Robot Coupe continuous feed food processor | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Laune Bread, LLC | Equipment | Transform bakery and purchase equipment including bread oven | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Bang Brewing Company, LLC | Equipment | Increase production capacity with purchase of additional fermentation and lager tanks | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| R&R Cultivation | Equipment | Purchase an indoor walk-in cooler, stainless steel tables, scales, reusable packaging containers, and an order preparation rack system | Roseville | Ramsey |
| Duluth Cider | Equipment | Expand cider production with new equipment | Duluth | Saint Louis |
| Midwest Meat, LLC | Equipment | Open custom exempt meat processing facility | New York Mills | Otter Tail |
| Foothills Orchard | Equipment | Complete fruit product lineup with equipment purchases | Little Falls | Morrison |
Fiscal Year 2020
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergen Meat Processors | Equipment | Build a retail cutting room, sausage making area, smokehouse room, and food cooler to separate and expand retail and custom production | Windom | Jackson |
| Bolton Bees | Equipment | Purchase of an uncapping machine, wax press, plastic frames, and barrel warmer to streamline the extraction process, increase efficiency and product quality, and increase market access | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
| Camp Cider, LLC | Equipment | Purchase and installation of canning equipment to build out a canning space | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Cedar Crate Farm | Equipment | Addition of a new packshed to improve food safety and farm efficiency | Waldorf | Waseca |
| Clean Chickens and Co. | Equipment | Purchase of an aluminum trailer for mobile poultry processing to improve efficiency and safety | Elk River | Sherburne |
| Conger Meat Market | Equipment | Addition of a storage freezer to increase processing capacity | Conger | Freeborn |
| Dehmer's Meats, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase of a smokehouse, data loggers, and snack stick cutter to increase production | Saint Michael | Wright |
| Dover Processing, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase of a new vacuum stuffer and grinder to increase capacity | Dover | Olmsted |
| Greg's Meat Processing | Equipment | Purchase of a walk-in cooler and new refrigeration rack system to improve food safety by limiting overcrowding in existing cooler | Hampton | Dakota |
| Heartland Corn Products | Equipment | Purchase and installation of two new fermenters to increase ethanol production, corn processing, and fermentation capacity | Winthrop | Sibley |
| Hoyo | Equipment | Construction of 1,700 square foot production facility | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| LocAle Brewing Company, LLC | Equipment | Purchase of a new glycol chiller, packaging equipment, kegs, hoses, and tanks to increase efficiency and expand markets | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Lorentz Meat | Equipment | Purchase equipment for processing to add capacity and product variation to keep up with slaughter capacity | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Midwest Elderberry Cooperative | Equipment | Purchase of four Moe rotary elderberry destemmers and two trailers with stabilizers for use by an increasing number of elderberry farmer-coop members in Minnesota | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Millerville Cooperative Creamery Association | Feasibility | Examine the feasibility of the plan to build a new butter processing plant to replace aged facility | Brandon | Douglas |
| Minnesota Native Landscapes | Equipment | Purchase of a Satake Color Sorter to improve seed cleaning operations | Otsego | Wright |
| NETZRO, SBC | Feasibility | Demonstrate feasibility of upcycling eggshell scrap into safe, high-quality ingredients for human and pet foods and supplements | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Other Half Processing | Equipment | Purchase of a refrigerated trailer to improve the quality and economics of raw beef hide collection | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Protein Sources Milling, LLC | Equipment | Purchase of an automated micro ingredient system to help improve production capacity and accuracy for finished swine feed rations | Mapleton | Blue Earth |
| Saltless Sea Urban Farm | Equipment | Build a wash station, walk-in cooler, solar dehydrator, and supplies for flower and herb processing to improve the quality and lifespan of fresh garden products | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Soyko International, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase cleaning, conditioning, and handling equipment for the soybean food grade plant expansion | Gary | Norman |
| Stony Creek Dairy | Equipment | Install a different pasteurization system and fill line to capture another market with another label and flavor and add a container hauling truck to the fleet | Melrose | Stearns |
| Stony Ridge Foods, Inc. | Equipment | Purchase and installation of an electric eye and four grain bins with conveyors and legs to create a second dry edible bean processing line | Benson | Swift |
| TFC Poultry | Equipment | Purchase of a mechanical separator to increase the quantity and value of residual turkey meat after de-boning processes | Ashby | Grant |
| The Good Acre | Equipment | Improve Incubator Kitchen Program by upgrading equipment to increase production and maintain a high level of food safety and by building a new loading area | Falcon Heights | Ramsey |
| University of Fisheries, LLC | Feasibility | Evaluate the feasibility of expanding into a new product line of crispy fish chips | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
Fiscal Year 2019
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Directions Development Inc dba Red Lake Fishery | Equipment | Equipment and facility converting fish waste to liquid fertilizer | Red Lake | Beltrami |
| Auntie Annie’s Fields LLC | Equipment | Walk-in cooler and egg washer; Pouring concrete to improve truck loading and unloading | Dundas | Rice |
| Baker's Field Flour and Bread LLC | Equipment | Doughnut making equipment, burr mill, freezer | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Brand Farms | Equipment | Apple washing equipment, sizer, and conveyor | Farmington | Dakota |
| CannonBelles Cheese | Equipment | Cheese processing facility | Northfield | Dakota |
| Concept Processing LLC | Equipment | Creamery equipment and refrigerated transportation | Melrose | Stearns |
| Dehmer’s Meats Inc | Equipment | Food safety software and data loggers, utensil washer, meat slicer | St. Michael | Wright |
| Dombrovski Meats | Equipment | Three smokehouses, slicer, drying room | Foley | Benton |
| Doppeleichen Vineyards | Equipment | Wine production building and equipment | New Ulm | Brown |
| Doubting Thomas Farms | Equipment | Grain cleaning equipment, bag sewer, bird spikes, auger, and storage area | Moorhead | Clay |
| Epitome Energy | Equipment | Equipment for soybean crush and bio-diesel production facility | Red Wing | Goodhue |
| First District Association | Equipment | Cheese processing equipment for block cheese | Litchfield | Meeker |
| Fresha LLC | Equipment | Facility and equipment to store, sort, wash, and package fresh carrots for the whole sale market | Morris | Stevens |
| Grandma's Gourmets LLC | Equipment | Co-packing facility | Albert Lea | Freeborn |
| Greg’s Meat Processing LLC | Equipment | Remodeled sausage and smokehouse production areas; refrigeration for production area | Hampton | Dakota |
| Grlk LLC | Equipment | Food processor, piton filler, utility cart, and air compressor | West St. Paul | Dakota |
| Heartland Corn Products | Equipment | Stillage tank; Converts distiller grains to animal feed | Winthrop | Sibley |
| Heartland Corn Products Inc | Equipment | Upgrades to corn milling and grain receiving pit & leg at ethanol plant | Winthrop | Sibley |
| Itasca County | Equipment | Gas-fired kiln, six way splitter, and baskets to allow for improved drying of lumber for campfire wood | Grand Rapids | Itasca |
| Kate Ingrid Paul (Owl Forest Farm) | Equipment | Storage and processing facility with walk-in cooler for produce and cut flowers | Iron | St. Louis |
| Lake Haven Custom Meat Processing LLC | Equipment | Data logger, smoker, stuffer, slicer, and mixer for poultry processing | Sturgeon Lake | Pine |
| Lakes Area Cooperative | Equipment | Meat smoker | Perham | Otter Tail |
| L'Etoile du Nord Vineyard LLC | Equipment | Wine making equipment | Parkers Prairie | Douglas |
| Lindsey Borst - Moo House Craft Dairy | Equipment | On-farm milk processing plant to bottle milk for direct sale to consumers | Rochester | Olmsted |
| Lingen Dairy Soft Serve | Equipment | Soft serve ice cream truck | Balaton | Murray |
| Lucas W Peterson (Peterson Farms) | Equipment | Grain cleaning facility | Dawson | Lac qui Parle |
| Mackenthun's Meats & Deli | Equipment | Concrete floor; circulation venting for freezer floor | St. Bonifacius | Hennepin |
| McDonald’s Meats Inc | Equipment | Remodeled meat processing facility to meet food safety standards | Clear Lake | Sherburne |
| Medford Creek Natural Apiaries | Equipment | Automatic capper | Medford | Steele |
| Metz's Hart-Land Creamery | Equipment | Vat pasteurizer, holding tank, hardening cabinet, freezer, and delivery vehicle for gelato production | Rushford | Winona |
| NewStarch Solutions LLC | Equipment | Modified single screw extruder to convert corn starch resin into corn starch sheets | Plymouth | Hennepin |
| Northern Pride | Equipment | Upgraded packaging equipment with case erector, box former, and robotic palletizing capabilities; Automated injection equipment | Thief River Falls | Pennington |
| Oak Meadow Meats | Equipment | Horizontal slicer | Harmony | Dakota |
| Ole's Up Nort Meats & Processing | Equipment | Meat processing facility | Henning | Otter Tail |
| Organic Breezy Hill LLC | Equipment | Pasteurizer for the bottling of organic apple juice and associated physical improvements to address food safety issues | Maple Lake | Wright |
| Prairie Meats Inc | Equipment | Meat processing and retail facility | Danube | Renville |
| Regeneration Farms | Equipment | Mobile poultry processing unit | Northfield | Rice |
| RGI Rental LLC (dba Backroad Meats) | Equipment | Meat processing facility and equipment | Milaca | Mille Lacs |
| Rod's Berry Farm | Equipment | Used cooler to store berries post-harvest | North Branch | Chisago |
| RS Grain LLC | Equipment | Cleaning and sorting equipment for small grains | Euclid | Polk |
| Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup Co | Equipment | Maple syrup evaporating equipment | Grand Marais | Cook |
| Schaefer’s Market | Equipment | Smokehouse | Sauk Centre | Stearns |
| Spring Wind Farm LLC | Equipment | Construction of a packshed and related equipment to support CSA | Northfield | Dakota |
| Star of the North Bean LLC | Equipment | Cleaning, packaging, and conveyor equipment to put dry beans into reusable square plastic containers | Gary | Norman |
| Stittsworth Smokehouse Co | Equipment | High throughput meat processing equipment | Turtle River | Beltrami |
| TFC Poultry | Equipment | X-Ray machine for turkey processing to detect physical contaminants in boneless turkey products | Ashby | Grant |
| V M Grocery Locker | Equipment | Retail store and sausage kitchen | Leota | Nobles |
| Valley Butchery and Meat Market LLC | Equipment | Smokehouse, walk-in cooler, saw, grinder, linker, cutting tables, and freezer | Spring Valley | Fillmore |
| Wiste’s Meat Market LLC | Equipment | Meat processing, packaging, and refrigeration equipment | Janesville | Waseca |
| Yker Meat Co LLC | Equipment | Butchering facility; mobile sausage making unit | Carlton | Carlton |
| Yker Meat Co LLC | Equipment | Equipment and facility to process and retail meat | Carlton | Carlton |
| Benson and Turner Foods LLC | Feasibility Study | Developing plan for a farm to table butcher shop with a USDA or state equivalent slaughter floor and processing plant | Waubun | Mahnomen |
| Blue Water Farms LLC | Feasibility Study | Creating a strategic plan and business roadmap for a sustainable, intensive system for production of walleye and saugeye | Welch | Goodhue |
| Dennis Egan, Epitome Energy | Feasibility Study | Planning for the construction of a crush facility to produce oil and meal from specialty bean crops | Red Wing | Goodhue |
| Lynn S Brakke | Feasibility Study | Evaluating the feasibility of selling a ground, dried, organic sugar beet product as a feed ingredient to certified organic dairies | Moorhead | Clay |
| MANNA Food Co-op | Feasibility Study | Investigating ways to improve the food distribution system between farmers/producers and businesses purchasing food (retail and food service) within a 100-mile radius of Detroit Lakes | Detroit Lakes | Becker |
| Simply Shrimp LLC | Feasibility Study | Evaluating the opportunities and risks of establishing two additional aquaculture facilities at the businesses current location | Willmar | Kandiyohi |
| Squash Blossom Farm | Feasibility Study | Assessing the feasibility of producing and marketing mead (honey wine) using locally sourced honey and fruits | Oronoco | Olmsted |
Fiscal Year 2018
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Honey | Equipment | Purchase of equipment needed to modernize the facility to include pallet storage, and update the label application process to meet the packaging requirements of Amazon.com | Maplewood | Ramsey |
| Bemidji Brewing Company LLC | Equipment | Purchase and installation of a brite tank as well as additional kegs, hoses, and a transfer pump to meet growing demand | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Bushmills Ethanol Inc | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to increase ethanol production and generate on-site the majority of electricity it needs for production as well as provide capacity for future expansion | Atwater | Kandiyohi |
| Canosia Grove LLC | Equipment | Construction of a cidery adding value to the orchard yield, creating a market for other local fruit producers, growing the cider market and adding jobs to the local agriculture and agritourism industries | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Concept Processing | Equipment | Purchase of equipment as part of a three part expansion project: Creamery Manufacturing, Distribution Efficiency and Label Update, and Refrigeration Transportation | Melrose | Stearns |
| Curly Girlz Candy | Equipment | Remodel of a site for use as a commercial kitchen/manufacturing space including purchase of manufacturing equipment to meet current demand and expand markets | Medford | Steele |
| Double Take Salsa | Equipment | Purchase of kitchen equipment and facility improvements to start a commercial kitchen for increased production | Edina | Hennepin |
| Dutch House Confections, LLC | Equipment | Purchase of equipment and conversion of part of the facility into a packing room to sufficiently control the temperature and humidity to increase production and enter new markets | Nelson | Douglas |
| Foley Locker Inc | Equipment | Purchase of a slicer, cutting machine and automatic clipper in order to comply with food safety regulations as well as expansion of the product line | Foley | Benton |
| Foothills Orchard | Equipment | Purchase of the components for a commercial kitchen as well as a freezer and drive-in cooler for season extension | Little Falls | Morrison |
| Heartland Corn Products | Equipment | Installation of a cooling tower, distillation system, and molecular sieve bottles to increase overall capacity while debottlenecking areas that were limiting growth | Winthrop | Sibley |
| Hemp Acres LLC | Equipment | Purchase of seed storing, seed cleaning, pressing, and sifting equipment to make hemp oil and refined hemp cake as well as equipment for packaging and labeling | Waconia | Carver |
| Jenniges Meat Processing | Equipment | Purchase of a mixer, splitting saw, and vacuum sealer to increase volume and efficiency | Brooten | Stearns |
| Jirik Family Farms | Equipment | Purchase of maple syrup and honey processing equipment to improve efficiency, food safety and to add value to the products | Kilkenny | Le Sueur |
| KellyG's | Equipment | Purchase of a freezer to increase efficiency and production, meet consumer demand, and ensure food safety | Bovey | Itasca |
| Krenik's Meat Processing Inc | Equipment | Purchase of equipment upgrade and modernize small custom and retail meat processing facility, including more diverse products, increased production and improvement of efficiency and food safety | Montgomery | Le Sueur |
| Lakes Area Cooperative | Equipment | Purchase of a bacon slicer for retail and custom processing | Perham | Otter Tail |
| Lee Thomas Farm | Equipment | Purchase of grain cleaning, bagging, and stitching equipment to provide emerging market demands | Moorhead | Clay |
| Let's Dish! | Equipment | Purchase of equipment in expanded production space to increase volume of local processors/farms, expanded distribution as well as improving food safety | Woodbury | Washington |
| Loon Organics Inc | Equipment | Construction of a winterized GAP-compliant packshed and purchase of equipment to increase sales and markets of extended season produce through season extension activities, increased employment and food safety improvements | Hutchinson | McLeod |
| Lorentz Meats | Equipment | Renovation and improvements to equipment for the slaughter floor including installation of work systems, drainage system, conveyer system, and rail system to increase production capacity | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Love Creamery | Equipment | Purchase of equipment and facility improvements to increase sales, improve food safety and meet customer demand | Two Harbors | Lake |
| Lupulin Brewing | Equipment | Installation of a new brew house, bright tanks, fermenters, cooler, chiller system, grain silo, and upgrade of utility system increase production, add value, and increase efficiency | Big Lake | Sherburne |
| Mackenthun's Meats and Deli | Equipment | Remodel of kitchen and prep area with purchase of a hot case and refrigerated prep case to increase sales, improve food safety and increase energy efficiency | St. Bonifacius | Hennepin |
| Minneapolis Cider Company LLC d/b/a Number 12 Cider House | Equipment | Establish an urban production facility and tap room for hard cider in Minneapolis to increase production, expand markets, and increase sales and visibility of Minnesota made hard cider | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Northern Pride | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to provide a more efficient and safe slaughter process | Thief River Falls | Pennington |
| Northern Waters Smokehaus | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to transfer meat processing, smoking and mail order operation to a new location to expand production to meet demand, produce more efficiency and safely, increase consumption of local products and expand markets | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Open Hands Farm LLC | Equipment | Construction of a drive-in cooler for vegetable storage in the fall and winter | Northfield | Rice |
| Papa George's | Equipment | Purchase of a refrigerated truck to access new markets | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Petty Brothers Meats Inc | Equipment | Construction of a new custom exempt slaughter facility and equipment | Annandale | Wright |
| Prairie Drifter Farm | Equipment | Expansion of packshed and purchase of equipment to increase food safety and product sales from the farm | Litchfield | Meeker |
| Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup Company | Equipment | Purchase of new maple syrup processing equipment to meet demand, expand markets and increase capacity | Lutsen | Cook |
| Schneider Custom Meats | Equipment | Purchase of a smokehouse and smoke generator to increase volume of meat and create new products to offer to customers | Askov | Pine |
| Sno Pac Foods | Equipment | Installation of two UVC emitter systems to increase the quality and safety of the produce grown and processed | Caledonia | Houston |
| Soyko International | Equipment | Completion of a new storage facility and installation of bagging/pelletizing equipment to increase production of food-grade soybeans, provide another marketing outlet for local farmers and diversify markets overseas | Gary | Norman |
| Stinson Meat Market | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to start a custom exempt butcher shop to provide the service needed by local producers as well as set up of a retail meat area | Dakota | Winona |
| Sunrise Flour Mill Inc | Equipment | Purchase of milling equipment to increase flour production, meet customer demand, and reduce risk quality and quantity | North Branch | Chisago |
| TFC Poultry | Equipment | Purchase of a wastewater treatment equipment to increase water efficiencies in response to increase demand for turkeys from previously purchased equipment | Ashby | Grant |
| Torg Brewery | Equipment | Purchase of a brewhouse system and facility improvements to update current space into a production facility to increase sales | Andover | Anoka |
| Waxwing Farm | Equipment | Installation of a commercial walk in cooler and purchase of additional washing and sorting equipment to store more produce at optimum temperatures for longer periods of time | Webster | Rice |
| Whistling Well Farm | Equipment | Purchase and installation of a stainless steel apple washing unit and variable speed brushes it improve food safety and fruit quality | Hastings | Dakota |
| White Earth Band of Chippewa Tribe | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to increase profitability and expand markets of Native American produced products in the White Earth Reservation and Minnesota | White Earth | Becker |
| Bent River Organics | Feasibility Study | Explore adding value to dried garlic scapes and black garlic as seasoning and health benefits through further processing | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Bushmills Ethanol Inc | Feasibility Study | Bushmills would like to explore the feasibility of purchasing additional equipment and expanding ethanol production by 20 Million gallons | Atwater | Kandiyohi |
| Sunrise Flour Mill Inc | Feasibility Study | Sunrise Flour Mill wants to expand their product line while incorporating other MN grains into their product line | North Branch | Chisago |
| Winona's Hemp | Feasibility Study | Winona’s Hemp is requesting funding to complete a feasibility study to develop a small scale artisan processing for hemp fiber, fabric, paper and by-products that would include capital costs and markets opportunities | Ponsford | Becker |
Fiscal Year 2017
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Corn Clean Fuel LTD | Equipment | Overhaul of corn processing facility and construction of dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) storage silos to improve efficiency and profitability of production of value-added products, including DDGS | Claremont | Dodge |
| Alexis Bailly Vineyard | Equipment | Purchase of a bladder press to increase sales and profitability of the business by improving quality of the wine | Hastings | Dakota |
| Ann River Vineyard LLC | Equipment | Construction of a winery facility and purchase of grape and wine processing equipment to diversify market channels and increase economic sustainability of the farm | Mora | Kanabec |
| Belgrade Meat Center | Equipment | Purchase of two Pro Smoker Smoke Houses increasing production to expand sales in on-site retail store to meet demand | Belgrade | Stearns |
| Big Steer Meats | Equipment | Purchase of dual printing scales, walk-in freezer, ball former and knee lever stainless steel sinks to address food safety and increase efficiency and number of meat products and thereby expand sales | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Bolton Bees | Equipment | Facility improvements to a new honey house to improve efficiency, increase production and improve food safety | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Buckwheat Growers Association | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to modernize facility to increase processing efficiency and capacity, shelf life, and increase sales | Menahga | Wadena |
| Carl's Lefse | Equipment | Purchase of several pieces of equipment to increase food safety, production capacity and efficiency to meet increased demand and expand markets | Hawley | Clay |
| City Foods Studio LLC | Equipment | Install and purchase walk-in cooler/freezer unit, exhaust hood, sink and upgraded electrical service to increase production, storage capacity and number of start-up food production businesses that can utilize this incubator kitchen | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Conger Meat Market LLC | Equipment | Build new walk-in cooler, knock boxes, rails and racking and purchase equipment to increase efficiencies, expand number of value-added meat products, and enter new wholesale markets | Conger | Freeborn |
| Country Blossom Farm LLC | Equipment | Purchase of several pieces of equipment to process fruit and crust ingredients more efficiently, meet increased demand, increase sales and add to value-added offerings | Alexandria | Douglas |
| Dehmer's Meats Inc | Equipment | Facility upgrades and installation of a smokehouse and purchase a sausage mixer and water activity meter kit to be able to safely produce new product lines | St. Michael | Wright |
| Dombrovski Meats | Equipment | Purchase of a jerky packaging machine and smokehouse to increase efficiencies in production and packaging to increase sales | Foley | Benton |
| Dover Processing Inc | Equipment | Purchase of a Vacuum Packaging System to increase efficiency of packaging, sales, and expanding to new markets | Dover | Olmsted |
| Dumpling and Strand, Noodlers at Large LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install a modified atmosphere packaging tray sealer to increase production rates and shelf life and enter new markets | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Erdmans County Market | Equipment | Purchase and install a roll stock vacuum packing machine, automatic tie clipper, water activity meter, pH meter, refrigerated cooler, and wireless data loggers to address food safety requirements as increase product line and production efficiency | Kasson | Dodge |
| Glacial Grains Spirits | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to being processing organic distillers grains produced from MN-sourced organic corn which will expand and diversify markets | Benson | Swift |
| Grandmas Gourmets LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install a steam kettle and food processor to enhance production efficiencies, increase capacity, and expand sales to new wholesale accounts | Albert Lea | Freeborn |
| Greg's Meat Processing | Equipment | Purchase of automated slicer, stainless steel equipment, and patty former to produce new products, expand private label and wholesale markets which will increase profitability | Hampton | Dakota |
| Guardian Energy LLC | Equipment | Installation of a fermenter to increase ethanol production, improved yields, and better per gallon energy efficiency | Janesville | Waseca |
| Heart O' Lakes Quality Meats | Equipment | Purchase two freezer units and construction of an addition to be able to slaughter more livestock and further process more retail meat | Pelican Rapids | Otter Tail |
| JonnyPops LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install new equipment for each area of the manufacturing line to increase production capacity and efficiency while reducing food safety risks | St. Louis Park | Hennepin |
| Kettle River Pizza Inc | Equipment | Conversion and improvement of cooler to freezer to improve process of shipping and handling, and increase production, sales, and profitability | Askov | Pine |
| K-FAITH LLC dba the Meat Shoppe | Equipment | Facility improvements to bring facility up to codes and allow as licensing as wells as purchase of walk-in cooler and retail case to increase market access to livestock processing services | Granite Falls | Yellow Medicine |
| Klein Foods Inc | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to improve efficiency in honey processing and meet FMSA requirements with traceability to boost sales | Marshall | Lyon |
| Lang's Meat Market LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install two retail fresh meat refrigeration cases and two freezer doors to maintain quality and ensure food safety of meat products to maintain customer base | Gaylord | Sibley |
| Loon Liquors | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to increase all sides of production: mashing, fermentation, distillation, storage and bottling with each piece designed to increase food safety | Northfield | Rice |
| Mackenthun's Meats and Deli Inc | Equipment | Purchase and install a large freezer to enable production of a larger variety of sausages and increase profits | St. Bonifacius | Hennepin |
| McDonald's Meats Inc | Equipment | Construction of a large addition to their slaughtering and meat processing facility to expand market outlets by processing more local livestock and expanding product offerings | Clear Lake | Sherburne |
| Michael G Erickson Farms | Equipment | Purchase of a grain cleaning unit to prepare hemp for further processing which will diversify farm income and increase profitability of farm business | East Grand Forks | Polk |
| Mighty Axe Hops | Equipment | Purchase equipment to process local hops into pellets to enable sales to more markets and increase profitability of hop farmers' businesses | Foley | Benton |
| Mills Locker Plant | Equipment | Purchase a vacuum stuffer with a twist linker to increase uniformity of meat products and efficiency of production | New York Mills | Otter Tail |
| Minnesota Syrup Co | Equipment | Purchase and install an updated and larger evaporator to increase syrup quality, food safety and efficiency of syrup production | Finland | Lake |
| Nelson Shine Produce | Equipment | Purchase of equipment and upgrades to the poultry processing plant to increase processing efficiency and food to safety, diversify markets and continue business growth | Brainerd | Crow Wing |
| Odenthal Meats | Equipment | Expand and remodel processing facility including purchase of equipment to create for efficient production flow, improve food safety and maintain current private label markets | New Prague | LeSueur |
| Ody's Country Meats & Catering Inc | Equipment | Construction of a drip cooler to increase food safety and production efficiency and capacity of meat products from local beef and hogs | Spring Valley | Fillmore |
| River Rock Kitchen & Baking Co | Equipment | Purchase of equipment including a walk in cooler and walk in freezer to expand production as well as flooring, sink and steel work tables to increase food safety | St. Peter | Nicollet |
| Schroeder Meats LLC | Equipment | Purchase a larger carcass splitting saw to decrease splitting time, increase food safety, and benefit local livestock producers | New Germany | Carver |
| Seeds Farm | Equipment | Build a new space and purchase equipment to wash, process, prepare and store vegetables to meet food safety standards, improve efficiency and increase market access | Northfield | Rice |
| Smude Enterprises LLC | Equipment | Purchase a filter system and new equipment for custom bottling of oils to diversify markets and services | Pierz | Morrison |
| Sogn Valley Orchard | Equipment | Facility improvements to improve the efficiency of apple washing and packaging to increase sales | Dennison | Goodhue |
| Stittsworth Meats | Equipment | Construction of new building for USDA ready to eat processing and new USDA Mobile slaughter trailer to diversify local livestock farmers and increase processing capacity | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| TFC Poultry | Equipment | Purchase and install 2 water jet deboners and peripheral equipment to enhance food safety, meat processing efficiency and production and thereby expand markets | Ashby | Grant |
| The Good Acre | Equipment | Purchase of four pieces of processing equipment to increase market access for underserved farmers | Falcon Heights | Ramsey |
| The Hess Meat Market | Equipment | Purchase of two commercial trailers and an enclosed trailer to market to open up a new revenue stream, build a customer base, and increase profits from the farm | Victoria | Carver |
| Valley Natural Meats Inc | Equipment | Facility and equipment costs to retrofit a plant according to food safety requirements to increase niche MN livestock producers' market access | Northfield | Rice |
| Vertical Malt | Equipment | Purchase equipment to increase processing efficiencies, capacity and types of products produces to grow the business to be sustainable | Fisher | Polk |
| Von Hanson's Plymouth | Equipment | Purchase of equipment to increase food safety, produce more meat products, as well as market more efficiently to increase sales and generate more sales | Plymouth | Hennepin |
| Buckwheat Growers | Feasibility Study | Buckwheat Growers determined if a retail environment might be a way to increase sales of their products | Wadena | Wadena |
| Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co | Feasibility Study | Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company evaluated emerging technologies in the advanced biofuels and biochemical industry | Benson | Swift |
| Glacial Grain Spirits | Feasibility Study | Glacial Grains Spirits (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company) determined the potential market for organic dried distillers grains production | Benson | Swift |
| L'Etoile du Nord Vineyard LLC | Feasibility Study | Explored the possibility of higher utilization of the wine making equipment by using it to produce grape wine, mead, and other fruit wines | Parkers Prairie | Douglas |
| Mark Lange | Feasibility Study | Explored the feasibility of adding an on farm dairy processing facility to the existing dairy operation, and to market local, primarily grass-fed, Vat-Pasteurized fluid milk, and butter | Sherburn | Martin |
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Beet Cooperative | Feasibility Study | Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative studied expanding the further processing of surplus sugar beets, sugar beet co-products, and their waste stream by-products | Renville | Renville |
Fiscal Year 2016
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemar Cheese | Equipment | Purchase a new vat and refrigerated truck, and make facility improvements to expand markets | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Askegaard Organic Farm | Equipment | Purchase equipment and make electrical upgrades to mill the flaxseed on farm and improve packaging efficiency | Moorhead | Clay |
| Bakers' Acres LLC | Equipment | Purchase a brush washer to increase efficiency and expand wholesale sales, including to schools | Avon | Stearns |
| Bergen Meat Processors | Equipment | Build expansion and purchase equipment for meat processing and retail areas to increase number of product lines | Windom | Jackson |
| Bio Wood Processing LLC | Equipment | Purchase a Rotochopper and colorizer to be able to produce mulch and enter new markets | Faribault | Rice |
| Bongards Creameries | Equipment | Construct a refrigerated warehouse and connect it to the processing plant to improve efficiency and productivity to increase co-op's cheese production for USDA commodity programs and schools | Norwood | Carver |
| Burt's Meats and Poultry LLC | Equipment | Build a large expansion with a cooler and freezer to improve processing efficiency and capacity | Eyota | Olmsted |
| Butcher Block | Equipment | Retrofit a building and purchase equipment to initiate a custom meat processing business that complies with food and meat safety regulations and serves local hog producers | Fairmont | Martin |
| Carl's Lefse Inc | Equipment | Purchase equipment to increase storage space, handling efficiency, and processing capacity | Hawley | Clay |
| Chickenhead Farm | Equipment | Purchase equipment, including a refrigerated truck, and make facility improvements to initiate an inspected goat and sheep slaughtering business | Silver Lake | McLeod |
| Edel's Meat Market | Equipment | Purchase deli cases and new flooring to be compliant with food code | Montgomery | Le Sueur |
| French Lake Butcher Shop | Equipment | Purchase and install a walk-in freezer to increase efficiency and enable continued growth of production and sales | South Haven | Wright |
| French Lake Butcher Shop | Equipment | Purchase a slicer to produce new meat products and increase efficiency and number of retail outlets | South Haven | Wright |
| Hmong American Farmers Association | Equipment | Construct an aggregation facility for growers in their Alternative Markets Program, which will increase food safety and access to additional markets, including retailers and schools | St. Paul | Dakota |
| Hugh's Gardens | Equipment | Purchase and install a potato washer to increase profitability and product quality and begin processing carrots | Moorhead | Norman |
| James Jirik | Equipment | Construct and equip a maple syrup processing facility to increase production and syrup quality | Kilkenny | Rice |
| Jazzy Foods LLC | Equipment | Build custom pans and shaper tool to increase the efficiency of production and profitability of a new frozen pork appetizer production business | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Keepsake Cidery | Equipment | Purchase a pasteurizer, construct a cooler, and upgrade HVAC system to extend marketing season and increase food safety and product quality | Dundas | Rice |
| Krenik's Meat Processing Inc | Equipment | Purchase equipment to improve food safety and packaging efficiency, including convection ovens, temp logger, scale and vacuum packager | Montgomery | Rice |
| Krenzke Meats | Equipment | Install flooring in the cooler and cutting room to meet food safety regulations and maintain current markets | St Charles | Winona |
| Lakes Area Cooperative | Equipment | Install a large walk-in freezer, expand meat processing and packaging rooms, and purchase a roll stock packager to improve food safety, processing capacity, and efficiency | Perham | Otter Tail |
| L'Etoile du Nord Vineyard LLC | Equipment | Purchase equipment and retrofit a building into a wine production facility to diversify markets and increase profitability | Parkers Prairie | Douglas |
| Living Greens Farm Inc | Equipment | Purchase flooring, walls, cooler and refrigerated truck to increase food safety, packaging, and distribution of aeroponically grown produce year-round | Faribault | Rice |
| Love Creamery | Equipment | Purchase ice cream maker, hardening cabinet, and transportation freezer to increase production and food safety for wholesale distribution | Two Harbors | Lake |
| Mankato Brewery | Equipment | Purchase fermenters and heating and cooling tanks, and renovate facility to increase production capacity | North Mankato | Nicollet |
| Mariner Farms LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install a biomass furnace, LED lighting, electrical service, and nutrient water flow system to remodel and expand a greenhouse and start an aquaponics business | Lutsen | Cook |
| McDonald's Meats Inc | Equipment | Purchase a smokehouse, vacuum stuffer, double clipper, and packaging machine to increase production capacity expand private label accounts | Clear Lake | Sherburne |
| Minnesota Valley Business Development Co | Equipment | Purchase produce processing and traceability equipment and vehicles to increase efficiency, capacity and food safety | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Mississippi Topsoils Inc | Equipment | Purchase two in-vessel composting units, biofilter, and support equipment to serve larger volume compost-user markets | Cold Spring | Stearns |
| Mixmi Brands Inc | Equipment | Purchase and install equipment and refrigeration to increase capacity to serve school and retail markets | Fridley | Anoka |
| My Minnesota Farmer LLC | Equipment | Construct a temperature-controlled packing house and produce warehouse to increase food safety, efficiency, and processing capacity to expand wholesale accounts and marketing season | Montgomery | Le Sueur |
| Nelson Grass Farm | Equipment | Purchase an egg washing machine and other equipment to increase efficiency, food safety and sales of eggs and enable expansion of customer base | Ogilvie | Kanabec |
| Northern Excellence Seed LLC | Equipment | Retrofit unused space and purchase cleaning, grain handling, storage, color sorter, and accessory equipment to increase quality and food safety of cleaned soybeans to expand markets and diversify producers' markets | Williams | Lake of the Woods & Roseau |
| Red Table Meat Company LLC | Equipment | Purchase an oven to increase processing of hogs | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Redhead Creamery LLC | Equipment | Purchase a cream separator, butter churn, and dip tank to initiate production of specialty butter and expand variety of products and increase profitability of on-farm creamery | Brooten | Stearns |
| Sapsucker Farms | Equipment | Purchase 12 oz bottling and labeling machine and cold pasteurization system to increase efficiency and volume of hard cider produced to expand distribution | Mora | Kanabec |
| Sno Pac Foods | Equipment | Purchase and install UVC emitter systems in refrigerated storage and packaging areas to improve food safety and continue compliance with food safety regulations | Caledonia | Houston |
| So Good Brand Inc | Equipment | Purchase high pressure beverage juice processing equipment to expand sales from regional to national markets | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| St. Joseph Meat Market Inc | Equipment | Purchase a sausage stuffer and packaging and retail freezer equipment to increase efficiency, marketing, and food safety | St. Joseph | Stearns |
| Stony Creek Dairy | Equipment | Purchase milk processing, monitoring and labeling equipment, and refrigerated trucks, and upgrade distribution facilities to increase efficiency and food safety | Melrose | Stearns |
| Terroir Chocolate | Equipment | Purchase stone grinder, mill, grain separator, ice cream maker and refrigeration to increase production capacity sell to more retail markets | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Timbersweet | Equipment | Expand the bottling room, syrup cold storage, and commercial kitchen to increase efficiency of bottling and number of product offerings | Cohasset | Itasca |
| Union Pizza & Brewing Company | Equipment | Improve equipment and facility to start production and distribution of non-alcoholic craft beverages | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Vertical Malt | Equipment | Purchase steeping tanks, malting chambers, HVAC and kiln needed to start commercial production of craft malt products | Fisher | Polk |
| Weiss Asparagus Farm | Equipment | Construct a building and purchase processing and packaging equipment to increase efficiency and profits | Red Lake Falls | Red Lake |
| Welcome Meats Inc | Equipment | Purchase a smokehouse and pellet generator with data logger system to improve meat product quality and increase product offerings | Welcome | Martin |
| Willmar Downtown Development Inc | Equipment | Retrofit a historic building into a food hub and commercial kitchen that will be used to clean, store, process, and aggregate local products | Willmar | Kandiyohi |
| Associated Milk Producers Inc | Feasibility Study | Conduct a feasibility study to expand the cheese and whey plant located in the city of Paynesville, Minn. | New Ulm | Brown |
| Berning Family Dairy Inc | Feasibility Study | Exploring the idea of building a creamery to supply local milk to the local school districts | Albertville | Wright |
| Best Animal Utilization LLC | Feasibility Study | Exploring the feasibility focused on organic and grass-fed byproduct markets (tallow, gelatin, leather) further adding value to this commodity | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Bluebird Gardens | Feasibility Study | Determine if partnerships between producers and regional processors have an expressed interest in receiving leafy greens and vegetables that are ready for use (Chopped and bagged salad mixes, peeled and chopped vegetables), to provide a year-round local supply of fresh greens and vegetables through hydroponic or aquaponics systems | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Country Blossom Farm LLC | Feasibility Study | Explore a value-added business idea is to develop and increase sales into 1) baked goods, and 2) dehydrated products into local wholesale outlets, food-hubs, and on-farm sales (total 2014 sales $35,000) and farmers markets | Alexandria | Douglas |
| Epitome Energy | Feasibility Study | Conduct a feasibility study for a new commercial scale biodiesel production facility (30 million gallons) to be located in Northeastern Minnesota | Red Wing | Goodhue |
| Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc | Feasibility Study | Explore the possibility of producing pea protein powder through either a dry milling/air classification system or a wet fractionation process | Fosston | Polk |
| Project Sweetie Pie | Feasibility Study | Explore a new venture to transform an existing greenhouse and florist retail space that faces onto a new bike greenway into a revenue generating business and a urban farm located on land that is zoned for industrial use | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| The Urban Farmhands | Feasibility Study | Explore the further processing of microgreens into a more widely available through shelf-stable products, beginning with powders | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
Fiscal Year 2015
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Wells Spirits Company LLC | Equipment | Purchase fermenters, bottling and grain handling equipment to enable entrance into Canadian market; Build a cocktail tasting room to enter a new type of market | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| APPLE JACK ORCHARDS LLC | Equipment | Upgrade value-added business to be able to make all apple bakery products on-farm and increase profitability | Delano | Wright |
| Autumn Woods Farm LLC | Equipment | Construct a loading dock and add a second pasteurizer to meet demand for product | Forest Lake | Washington |
| Backus Locker LLC | Equipment | Install a compressor, and upgrade the floor to improve safe food handling and increase the amount of meat processed | Backus | Cass |
| Badger Seed LLC | Equipment | Purchase and install palletizer for packaging turf grass seed to access markets | Roseau | Roseau |
| Bakers' Acres LLC | Equipment | Expansion and improvements to packaging room for food safety and traceability during field harvest; Washing equipment to expand for CSA, farm-to-school and wholesale markets | Avon | Stearns |
| Bemidji Brewing Company LLC | Equipment | Purchase equipment to triple production and meet the demand; Will purchase more Minnesota sourced or grown barley malts and hops | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Bemidji Downtown Meats Inc | Equipment | Construct a new facility to process and sell more retail and wholesale products as an equal-to meat processing facility and meet the growing demand for locally raised meat | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Big Steer Meats | Equipment | Enlarge facility and purchase meat processing equipment to increase efficiency and processing capacity to enter new markets and improve food safety | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Blue Earth Locker | Equipment | Purchase smokehouse to produce more Ready-to-Eat products and expand markets; Also temperature probes for all coolers and freezers to improve food safety | Blue Earth | Faribault |
| Bluebird Gardens | Equipment | Refrigerated trucks and crates to increase market access and enable entrance into Farm to Institution program | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Brandt Gardens & Greenhouse LLC | Equipment | Walk in cooler and freezer and scale to increase food safety, marketability, and diversify farm business | Lakefield | Jackson |
| Carlos Creek Winery | Equipment | A large expansion project to modernize wine processing facility; Will increase efficiency, processing capacity, food safety and access to new markets | Alexandria | Douglas |
| Clover Valley Farms LLC | Equipment | Create dry and heated storage rooms, produce washing/ packing areas and improve labeling to increase efficiency and marketing of value-added products | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Dehmer's Meats Inc | Equipment | Purchase three scales to enable access to wholesale and private label accounts for homestyle sausages; Project will address food safety | St. Michael | Wright |
| ENKI Brewing Company | Equipment | Purchase brewing, quality control and packaging equipment, and cold and ambient storage to triple production capacity and purchase more Minnesota grown ingredients | Victoria | Carver |
| Falk's Seed Farm | Equipment | A seed color sorter and the essential facility upgrades and equipment; Will improve the quality and food safety of cleaned seeds to retain customers and access new markets | Murdock | Swift |
| Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC | Equipment | Purchase conveyors, pallet scale and refrigerated delivery van to increase sales by improving efficiency, food safety, and market access | Rushford | Filmore |
| Foley Locker Inc | Equipment | Acquire smoke houses, meat packaging machine, and temperature data loggers to increase efficiency, production and food safety; should diversify markets | Foley | Benton |
| Four Daughters Vineyard & Winery LLC | Equipment | Purchase bottling line, tanks, keg washer and filler to expand distribution of hard cider to more retail outlets | Spring Valley | Mower |
| French Lake Butcher Shop | Equipment | Purchase a utensil washer to improve efficiency and food safety to help meet increasing custom processing and retail customer demand | South Haven | Wright |
| Greg's Meat Processing | Equipment | Purchase a ventilation hood and meat tumbler to diversify markets; Also a labeling system and moisture tester to comply with new food safety requirements | Hampton | Dakota |
| Greg's Meats | Equipment | Purchase a blast freezer to process more cattle and hogs for local farmers; Purchase label making scale system, and traceability equipment to address food safety | Hampton | Dakota |
| Idle Acres | Equipment | Expand, upgrade and equip current facilities, including a truck scale, to process alfalfa and grass into a Total Mixed Ration food biscuit | Cokato | Wright |
| Isanti Spirits LLC | Equipment | Purchase distillation and processing equipment to increase market access to a regional and international distribution level | Isanti | Isanti |
| K & K Dairy | Equipment | Establish a creamery to make dairy products and a restaurant to sell pizzas using their mozzarella cheese and beef products | Pine Island | Goodhue |
| Lau's Meats LLC | Equipment | Repair floor in current meat processing facility and purchase retail sale equipment in 2nd location to expand market access and increase sales | Waseca | Waseca |
| Lorentz Etc. Inc DBA Lorentz Meats | Equipment | Remodel the cutting floor area, including installation of a conveyor system, to optimize space and keep up with increased capacity in other areas of the facility | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Mankato Brewery | Equipment | Obtain fermenters, brite tanks and upgraded water system to increase production capacity and beer quality; Upgrade the taproom to increase market access | North Mankato | Nicollet |
| McDougall's Apple Junction | Equipment | Increase the storage capacity and length of marketing time of apples by construction of a refrigerated cooler that will be accessible with a fork lift | Hastings | Washington |
| Metz's Hart-Land Creamery | Equipment | Purchase a 2nd cheese vat to increase efficiency and production capacity; This will enable access to additional markets with different cheeses, and increases in sales | Rushford | Winona |
| Metz's Hart-Land Creamery | Equipment | Purchase a power cheese curd mill, service counter scale, refrigerated delivery truck, flash freezer and retail refrigeration to make the creamery more efficient, food safe and increase market access | Rushford | Winona |
| Minnesota Elderberry Cooperative | Equipment | Purchase a mobile de-stemmer, stainless steel sinks and baskets, and food grade buckets to safely process and store elderberries for commercial and retail market | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Minnesota Valley Business Development | Equipment | Purchase processing equipment and additional refrigeration to expand the sale of locally grown produce to institutions | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Mississippi Topsoils Inc | Equipment | Install a climate-controlled storage warehouse to increase production throughout the year and enable access to the new greenhouse grower market | Cold Spring | Stearns |
| Norseman Distillery LLC | Equipment | Purchase fermenter tanks and a hammer mill grinder to triple production and increase their purchases of locally grown grains | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Open Hands Farm LLC | Equipment | Build a root vegetable storage facility, add refrigeration equipment and storage bins to improve food safety, enable extension of the marketing season and access to new markets | Northfield | Dakota |
| Prairie Drifter Farm | Equipment | Purchase fencing, pack shed sorting surfaces, containers, a brush washer, and improvements to the pack shed to increase field quality of produce, cleanliness, and efficiency of post harvest handling operations | Litchfield | Meeker |
| Robin Brekken Farms Inc | Equipment | Purchase a mobile grass pelletizing system including mobile generator, trailer, and scale to diversify markets and enable market access of damaged grains | Crookston | Polk |
| Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup Company | Equipment | Purchase and install larger reverse osmosis machine to increase production capacity and efficiency to allow expansion into new markets | Grand Marais | Cook |
| Schmidt's Meat Market | Equipment | Purchase a thermoforming packaging machine which supports their food safety plan, increases efficiencies, and should increase custom meat processing for local farmers | Nicollet | Nicollet |
| Schroeder Meats LLC | Equipment | Purchase Poly Clip System machine, data loggers and retail freezer case to produce more sausage and address efficiency and food safety concerns, including temperature control | New Germany | Carver |
| Seven Songs Organic Farm | Equipment | Create a food-safe washing and packing shed and dry storage area to increase packaging efficiency, market access and diversity of markets | Kenyon | Goodhue |
| Singing Hills Dairy | Equipment | Install equipment to improve food safety and a walk-in cooler for larger quantities of value-added goat dairy products; Will increase profitability and market access | Nerstrand | Rice |
| Sojourner Farms LLC (dba Sojos) | Equipment | Replace manufacturing line to meet increase in demand and new regulatory requirements; Will expand product lines, increase efficiency, food quality, and production to diversify markets | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| SPROUT MN LLC | Equipment | Facility improvements and food processing equipment for a food hub to increase local producers' profitability and markets including institutions | Brainerd & Little Falls | Crow Wing & Morrison |
| St. Joseph Meat Market Inc | Equipment | Expansion/remodel of meat processing space to process more local livestock as well as address employee safety and food safety | St. Joseph | Stearns |
| Stickney Hill Dairy | Equipment | Expand and modernize goat cheesemaking facility to meet new food safety requirements and increase production to meet demand and diversify producer's markets | Kimball | Stearns |
| Sweet Cheeks Honey | Equipment | Purchase food-grade equipment to create a more sanitary processing system and increase market access; Includes implementation of a GAP food safety plan | Cleveland | Le Sueur |
| Sweetland Orchard LLC | Equipment | Purchase semi-automated packaging and labeling equipment, uv pasteurizer, and refrigerated delivery vehicle for greater market access and implement their food safety plan | Webster | Scott |
| Taylor Foods Inc dba Taylor Meats | Equipment | Purchase and install walk-in freezer/cooler units including 3 phase compressors to increase production capacity, diversify markets, and improve food safety of meat products | Watertown | Carver |
| The Lone Grazer Creamery | Equipment | Initiate a small creamery and cheese production facility using milk from grass-fed cows to produce specialty cheeses | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Wiste's Meat Market | Equipment | Expand processing area, install walk-in freezer and cooler, smokehouse and scales to increase efficiency, food safety, processing capacity and markets and to achieve Equal To status | Janesville | Waseca |
| Xochiquetzal LLC | Equipment | Facility improvements and equipment to start a commercial kitchen to enable the processing of produce, including ginger; Will diversify their markets and extend sales season | St. Cloud | Stearns |
Fiscal Year 2014
| Business Name | Type of Grant | Project Summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemar Cheese Company LLC | Equipment | Cold storage and other equipment to increase cheese processing capacity and diversify markets | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Amundsen Farms | Equipment | Build egg processing facility with food safety measures to increase market diversity and market access for egg producers | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Apple Jack Orchards | Equipment | Equipment to keep in compliance with GAP, ensure fruit safety and expand wholesale market opportunities | Delano | Wright |
| Arlington Market | Equipment | Equipment to increase processing of local livestock and improve food safety | Arlington | Sibley |
| Autumnwood Farm LLC | Equipment | Equipment to initiate ice cream processing business for new market development | Forest Lake | Washington |
| Bemidji Downtown Meats | Equipment | Build retail space and cold storage to increase processing capacity and market access for local livestock | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Big Steer Meats | Equipment | Smoke house and other equipment to expand production and allow expansion into new wholesale and retail markets | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Cannon River Winery LLC | Equipment | Increase use of local grapes by purchasing tanks and other wine production equipment to increase sales to diverse markets | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Carlos Creek Winery | Equipment | Change bottling line to increase bottling speed and options, marketing and sales to diverse markets | Alexandria | Douglas |
| Clover Valley Farms LLC | Equipment | Equipment to scale up culinary vinegar production; diversify markets to wholesale and retail sales | Duluth | St. Louis |
| Dick Stangler Seed Packaging | Equipment | Diversify local producers market access by purchasing a truck scale and packaging line | Kilkenny | Le Sueur |
| Eagan (City of) | Equipment | Improve food safety and market access; install electrical access to farmer's market vendors | Eagan | Dakota |
| Edel's Meat Market | Equipment | Equipment to expand livestock processing ability, diversify markets and improve food safety | Montgomery | Le Sueur |
| Evansville Meat Market | Equipment | Update building and equipment to upgrade to "equal to" meat processing to expand and diversify markets | Evansville | Douglas |
| Farm on St. Mathias | Equipment | Build licensed food processing facility and packing shed to increase market access and diversity for local producers | Brainerd | Crow Wing |
| Fergus Foods LLC | Equipment | Expand and diversify markets with packaging equipment to increase food safety and production of allergen free foods | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Foley Locker Inc | Equipment | Diversify markets by buying 2 smokehouses and equipment to process and pack meat on site | Foley | Benton |
| Food Farm | Equipment | Add storage and cooler building to store more vegetables and add equipment for food safety; Will diversify markets | Wrenshall | Carlton |
| Four Seasons Apiaries LLC | Equipment | Initiate business that breeds and sells honey bees to expand market access of Minnesota honey producers | St. Paul | Ramsey |
| Fruit Acres Inc | Equipment | Modernize apple production packing house and line to be GAP certified and increase market access | La Crescent | Houston |
| Gregory's Foods Inc | Equipment | Upgrade to increase frozen bun-line production and expand product type and markets | Eagan | Dakota |
| James Jirik | Equipment | Maple syrup processing equipment to improve safety and quality; also increase efficiency to expand marketing | Kilkenny | Le Sueur |
| Klein Foods Inc | Equipment | Increase production of fudge with purchase of freezer and sifter to diversify markets | Marshall | Lyon |
| Lake Haven Custom Meat Processing | Equipment | Build new facility and equipment to expand to processing local livestock to retail markets | Sturgeon Lake | Pine |
| Lamberton Meats | Equipment | Significant improvements of meat process facility to reopen business and expand market access | Storden | Cottonwood |
| Lavalier's Berry Patch and Orchard | Equipment | Bring in utilities and equipment to improve sanitation, reduce pesticides and expand market access to schools | New Hope | Hennepin |
| Lorentz Meats | Equipment | Build 4 season livestock handling facility and remodel slaughter area to increase processing of local livestock | Cannon Falls | Goodhue |
| Minnesota Valley Business Development Corp | Equipment | Retrofit warehouse into local food hub to increase small farmers' access to school and other markets | Mankato | Blue Earth |
| Mississippi Mushrooms LLC | Equipment | Retort-boiler system to decrease crop loss and contamination and increase production and market access | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Montgomery Orchard LLC | Equipment | Building, food safety and processing equipment to initiate sweet and hard apple cider business to diversify markets | Savage | Scott |
| Northcountry Producers LLC | Equipment | Increase market access and diversity through purchase of refrigeration, distribution equipment and mobile market vehicle | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Oak Knoll Farm | Equipment | New building for cooler, wash station and root cellar to increase production, quality and markets of CSA distribution hub | Albert Lea | Freeborn |
| Ody's Country Meats & Catering | Equipment | Retail freezer to increase local production and walk-in cooler to meet Minnesota food safety requirements | Spring Valley | Fillmore |
| Red Table Meat Company LLC | Equipment | Expand local hog processing and market access through purchase of additional processing and storage equipment | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Redhead Creamery LLC | Equipment | Diversify milk markets by building a cheese plant, including all equipment to produce, test and market cheese | Brooten | Stearns |
| Riviana Foods | Equipment | Forage bagger to increase processing capacity, decrease food spoilage and increase market access of locally cultivated wild rice | Clearbrook | Clearwater |
| Round Lake Vineyards | Equipment | Diversify markets by purchasing tanks and other wine production equipment to initiate full service winery business | Round Lake | Nobles |
| Schmidt's Meat Market | Equipment | Expand cooler to increase production and product line and diversify local livestock producers markets | Nicollet | Nicollet |
| Schneider's Meats | Equipment | Construct building and equipment for smoking to start local livestock processing business and diversify markets | Askov | Pine |
| Sno Pac Farms LLC | Equipment | Develop a Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) plan and food safety plan | Caledonia | Houston |
| Sno Pac Foods | Equipment | 3 large feed hopper tanks in vegetable line to eliminate food contamination and meet new food safety requirement | Caledonia | Houston |
| Sogn Valley Orchard | Equipment | Grinder and create certified refrigerated cider storage to diversify marketing to local schools | Dennison | Goodhue |
| Stony Creek Dairy LLC | Equipment | Dairy production equipment, expand distribution warehouse and refrigeration transportation to address all goals of grant program | Melrose | Stearns |
| Sweetland Orchard LLC | Equipment | Expand, prepare and equipment cidery room for hard cider production; diversify their and local orchards' markets | Webster | Rice |
| T & R Meat Processing LLC | Equipment | Freezer and update meat processing facility to comply with food safety codes to maintain market access | Clearwater | Wright |
| Terroir Chocolate | Equipment | Equipment to increase production capacity of organic, premium chocolate bars and diversify markets | Fergus Falls | Otter Tail |
| Whistling Well Farm | Equipment | Retail refrigeration and freezer units with electrical to enable marketing new products and address food safety | Hastings | Dakota |
| Hazelnut Oil Marketing | Feasibility Study | Business and marketing plan to purchase and distribute local, cold pressed hazelnut oil | Lake City | Wabasha |
| Hunt Utilities Group | Feasibility Study | Feasibility study to demonstrate need and viability of local foods facility within part of food hub network | Pine River | Cass |
| Irish Ridge Farm | Feasibility Study | Market analysis and plan for production and distribution of grass-fed beef in Southeastern Minnesota | Winona | Winona |
| Little Falls Development Center | Feasibility Study | Feasibility study to develop a business plan for food hub so local producers can access larger markets | Little Falls | Morrison |
| Minnesota Elderberry Cooperative | Feasibility Study | Develop business plan; how to operate, legal mechanisms and prospectus for elderberry producing cooperative | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Scandia Valley Dairy LLC | Feasibility Study | Conduct a feasibility study of goat cheese production business from Minnesota goat milk | Brainerd | Crow Wing |
| The Alchemy LLC | Feasibility Study | Develop business and marketing plan, recipe for Minnesota sugar beet vodka and obtain federal regulation approval for label | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| The Big Dipper Creamery | Feasibility Study | Develop business and marketing plan to expand ice cream business that uses locally grown ingredients | Blaine | Anoka |
