Investigate the relationship between tile drainage and surface water quality and hydrology. Develop, improve, and evaluate best management practices (BMPs) that address current impairments in agricultural watersheds (excess nutrients, fecal coliform, herbicides, turbidity).
Characterize natural background levels of pollutants related to current surface water impairments with an emphasis on phosphorus within the framework of the current Clean Water Legacy Act definition (Minnesota Statute 114D.15 Subd. 10), historical trends, and contributions from legacy loads.
We received 99 applications for the 2022 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $18,400 was available and we were able to award funds to 26 of the applicants.
- Acorn Acres
- AlliCat Farm
- Boreal Bounty Farm
- Brambling Rows
- Buck Hills Farm
- Cimarron Community Farm LLC
- Cook Crop, LLC
- Cowgirl Acre's
- Dream of Wild Health
- Early Frost Farms
- Farm Lande LLC
- Hilltop Greenhouse and Produce, LLC
- Iron Shoe Farm
- Leuer Gardens LLC
- Live Organically
- Mary Teubner
- Owl Bluff Farm
- Papa's Pumpkin Patch
- Prairie Rose Farm
- River Bend Gardens
- Solar Fresh Produce LLC
- SolFed Farm
- Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs
- The Greensted
- Third Tree Farm
- Tuttie Fruitties
We received 99 applications for the 2022 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $18,400 was available and we were able to award funds to 26 of the applicants.
- Acorn Acres
- AlliCat Farm
- Boreal Bounty Farm
- Brambling Rows
- Buck Hills Farm
- Cimarron Community Farm LLC
- Cook Crop, LLC
- Cowgirl Acre's
- Dream of Wild Health
- Early Frost Farms
- Farm Lande LLC
- Hilltop Greenhouse and Produce, LLC
- Iron Shoe Farm
- Leuer Gardens LLC
- Live Organically
- Mary Teubner
- Owl Bluff Farm
- Papa's Pumpkin Patch
- Prairie Rose Farm
- River Bend Gardens
- Solar Fresh Produce LLC
- SolFed Farm
- Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs
- The Greensted
- Third Tree Farm
- Tuttie Fruitties
We had a trial of our mini-grant in 2021. $2200 was available and we were able to award funds to all applicants.
- MN Harvest LLC
- Joe Zywiec
- Pearson Organics LLC
- Revol Greens MN LLC
- Van Erkel Farms Inc
- Vine Valley Farms
- Wescott Agri Products Inc
- Women's Environmental Institute
We had a trial of our mini-grant in 2021. $2200 was available and we were able to award funds to all applicants.
- MN Harvest LLC
- Joe Zywiec
- Pearson Organics LLC
- Revol Greens MN LLC
- Van Erkel Farms Inc
- Vine Valley Farms
- Wescott Agri Products Inc
- Women's Environmental Institute
We received 124 applications for the 2025 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $42,400 was available and we were able to award funds to 55 of the applicants.
- Appetite for Change Inc.
- At Your Convenience LLC
- Brand Farms LLC
- California Street Farm
- Caliton's Family Farm
- Cedar Crate Farm
- Cimarron Community Farm
- Costa Produce Farm & Greenhouse
- Diction LLC
- Earthly Berry Farm LLC
- F2F DBA Forest to Fork
- Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC
- Flourish plant company
- Gary Pahl
- Hilltop Harvest Strawberry Farm LLC
- Homegrown Gardens
- In-Cider Orchard LLC
- Julia's Neighborly CSA
- Kandi Produce Inc
- Keenes' Greens
- Kossow Family Farm
- Lakeview Greenhouses
- Leuer Gardens LLC
- LV Garden
- Lyndale Farmers LLC
- Marvin's Gardens
- Mini Micro Farms LLC
- Nature's Holistic Farm LLC
- Night Owl Farm
- Nutri-Harvest Farms
- Olesen Orchard
- Owl Bluff Farm
- Primo Farm
- R&R Cultivation
- Rustic Roots Farm LLC
- Rusty Patch Farm
- Schmitz Florals & More
- Seeds Farm LLC
- Singing the Blooms
- Southwind Orchards
- Stoney Brook Farms Inc
- Svihel Vegetable Farm
- Sweetland Orchard
- Taylor Ventures
- The Crafted Orchard & More LLC
- The looney bus
- Twin Organics LLC
- Urbanize, LLC
- Valerie's farm and flower
- Vandyke Produce
- Vine Valley Farms Inc.
- Walking Plants Orchard
- Way of the Root Farm
- Willie Nillie Farm LLC
- Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
We received 143 applications for the 2024 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $34,000 was available and we were able to award funds to 43 of the applicants.
- 10th St Farm & Market
- 21 Roots Farm
- A Very Good Farm
- Amy Rice
- Anna Barekebavuge
- B&H Pepper Partnership
- Big Lake Microgreens
- Boors Garden
- Brakstad Family Farm
- Brown Family Farm
- Bushel+Peck produce
- Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization
- Court Homestead Gardens
- Earthly Berry Farm
- Ed Fields and Sons, Inc.
- Fiddlehead Knob
- Forest Mushrooms, Inc
- Healing Garden
- Hope Organic
- Jared & Maggie Farm
- Kaleidoscope Market Garden
- Little Elbow Farm
- Mother Peace Forest Farm
- Nao Pao Xiong
- Oniwede Farm LLC
- OSPREY WILDS ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CTR
- Otter Berry Farm LLC
- Primo Farm
- Red River Garlic and Produce
- Red Wagon Farm, Inc.
- Roper Farms, Inc
- Rusty Patch Farm
- Seeds Farm LLC
- Southwind Orchards
- Stef's Microgreens LLC
- Svihel Vegetable Farm Inc
- UMN Crookston
- Van Erkel Farms Inc
- Vine Valley Farms Inc.
- Way of the root farm
- WGH Holdings LLC
- Wright Farms
- Xeng Thao's Farm
We received 156 applications for the 2023 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $34,063 was available and we were able to award funds to 43 of the applicants.
- 2JCK Organic Produce
- 40 Acre Co-op
- Afton Apple Orchard
- Agua Gorda Coop
- Axdahl Farms, Inc.
- Caliton's Family Farm
- Cimarron Community Farm
- Clear Lake Gardens
- Dancing Gnome Farm
- Der Thao
- Dowell Farm and Gardens
- Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley
- Farm Lande LLC
- Featherstone Farm
- Forest Mushrooms Inc.
- GEDEF Organic Farm
- Green Haven Farm Market LLC
- Green Joy Organic Farm
- Hope Organic
- IRONSHOE FARM
- Lisaviole Organic Farm
- Lone Rock Farms
- LV Garden
- Maple Ridge Produce
- Middle Fork Farm
- Moshky Farm
- Moua Farm
- My Little Garden
- Naima’s Farm LLC
- Nao Pao Xiong
- Open Hands Farm, LLC
- Otter Berry Farm
- Pachia Thao
- Pahl Farms
- Papas Pumpkin Patch LLC
- Pheng Yang Produce
- Prairie Drifter Farm
- Revol Greens
- Rotational Roots
- StrongHeart Farms
- Svihel Vegetable Farm
- Upbeet Acres LLC
- Wescott Agri Products
We received 99 applications for the 2022 Produce Safety Mini-Grant. $18,400 was available and we were able to award funds to 26 of the applicants.
- Acorn Acres
- AlliCat Farm
- Boreal Bounty Farm
- Brambling Rows
- Buck Hills Farm
- Cimarron Community Farm LLC
- Cook Crop, LLC
- Cowgirl Acre's
- Dream of Wild Health
- Early Frost Farms
- Farm Lande LLC
- Hilltop Greenhouse and Produce, LLC
- Iron Shoe Farm
- Leuer Gardens LLC
- Live Organically
- Mary Teubner
- Owl Bluff Farm
- Papa's Pumpkin Patch
- Prairie Rose Farm
- River Bend Gardens
- Solar Fresh Produce LLC
- SolFed Farm
- Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs
- The Greensted
- Third Tree Farm
- Tuttie Fruitties
We had a trial of our mini-grant in 2021. $2200 was available and we were able to award funds to all applicants.
- MN Harvest LLC
- Joe Zywiec
- Pearson Organics LLC
- Revol Greens MN LLC
- Van Erkel Farms Inc
- Vine Valley Farms
- Wescott Agri Products Inc
- Women's Environmental Institute
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Jamin |
Aho |
Frazee |
Becker |
Dairy |
Tyson |
Anderson |
Storden |
Cottonwood |
Beef |
Daryl |
Barfnecht |
Watertown |
Carver |
Dairy |
Ryan |
Benedict |
Lamberton |
Redwood |
Hog |
Timm |
Bever |
Walnut Grove |
Redwood |
Beef |
Kevin |
Borst |
Rochester |
Olmsted |
Dairy |
Ryan |
Brandts |
Saint James |
Watonwan |
Hog |
Curt |
Bussler |
Glencoe |
McLeod |
Goat |
Robert |
Ellenz |
Caledonia |
Houston |
Dairy |
Kimberly |
Engelmeyer |
Melrose |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Kenneth |
Fetterly |
Spring Valley |
Fillmore |
Beef |
Braden |
French |
Cottonwood |
Lyon |
Hog |
Sadie |
Frericks |
Melrose |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Justin |
Fruechte |
Pipestone |
Pipestone |
Sheep |
McKinnen |
Gartner |
Preston |
Fillmore |
Beef |
Lynn |
Gerads |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Kenneth |
Gruenes |
Richmond |
Stearns |
Hog |
Tim |
Harder |
Butterfield |
Watonwan |
Hog |
Steve |
Hennen |
Ghent |
Lyon |
Hog |
Taylor |
Holland |
Ellendale |
Steele |
Hog |
Heather |
Holles |
Springfield |
Brown |
Sheep |
Tammy |
Howe |
Hutchinson |
McLeod |
Dairy |
Andrew |
Ingvalson |
Frazee |
Becker |
Dairy |
Warren |
Johnson |
Pennock |
Swift |
Dairy |
Jeremiah |
Korfe |
Eagle Bend |
Todd |
Beef |
Hunter |
Kvistad |
Wood Lake |
Yellow Medicine |
Poultry |
Connor |
McCormick |
Caledonia |
Houston |
Beef |
Carla |
Mertz |
Princeton |
Sherburne |
Hog |
Dalon |
Miller |
Kellogg |
Wabasha |
Dairy |
Jennifer |
Olson |
Glenwood |
Pope |
Beef |
Cody |
Penning |
Luverne |
Rock |
Hog |
Emily |
Pieper |
New Prague |
Rice |
Dairy |
Floyd |
Rodenwald |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Philip |
Rotz |
Pelican Rapids |
Otter Tail |
Dairy |
Rachael |
Rusch |
Eden Valley |
Meeker |
Dairy |
Luke |
Sanders |
DeGraff |
Swift |
Beef |
John |
Schiffler |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Chris |
Schueler |
Willmar |
Kandiyohi |
Dairy |
Tim |
Stender |
Young America |
Carver |
Dairy |
Carey |
Tweten |
Lewiston |
Winona |
Dairy |
Nicole |
Vis |
Lismore |
Nobles |
Hog |
Anneliese |
Walker |
Princeton |
Sherburne |
Beef |
Cory |
Wilson |
New Ulm |
Nicollet |
Dairy |
Paul |
Zimmerman |
Waseca |
Waseca |
Hog |
First Name | Last Name | City | County | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jamin |
Aho |
Frazee |
Becker |
Dairy |
Tyson |
Anderson |
Storden |
Cottonwood |
Beef |
Daryl |
Barfnecht |
Watertown |
Carver |
Dairy |
Ryan |
Benedict |
Lamberton |
Redwood |
Hog |
Timm |
Bever |
Walnut Grove |
Redwood |
Beef |
Kevin |
Borst |
Rochester |
Olmsted |
Dairy |
Ryan |
Brandts |
Saint James |
Watonwan |
Hog |
Curt |
Bussler |
Glencoe |
McLeod |
Goat |
Robert |
Ellenz |
Caledonia |
Houston |
Dairy |
Kimberly |
Engelmeyer |
Melrose |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Kenneth |
Fetterly |
Spring Valley |
Fillmore |
Beef |
Braden |
French |
Cottonwood |
Lyon |
Hog |
Sadie |
Frericks |
Melrose |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Justin |
Fruechte |
Pipestone |
Pipestone |
Sheep |
McKinnen |
Gartner |
Preston |
Fillmore |
Beef |
Lynn |
Gerads |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Kenneth |
Gruenes |
Richmond |
Stearns |
Hog |
Tim |
Harder |
Butterfield |
Watonwan |
Hog |
Steve |
Hennen |
Ghent |
Lyon |
Hog |
Taylor |
Holland |
Ellendale |
Steele |
Hog |
Heather |
Holles |
Springfield |
Brown |
Sheep |
Tammy |
Howe |
Hutchinson |
McLeod |
Dairy |
Andrew |
Ingvalson |
Frazee |
Becker |
Dairy |
Warren |
Johnson |
Pennock |
Swift |
Dairy |
Jeremiah |
Korfe |
Eagle Bend |
Todd |
Beef |
Hunter |
Kvistad |
Wood Lake |
Yellow Medicine |
Poultry |
Connor |
McCormick |
Caledonia |
Houston |
Beef |
Carla |
Mertz |
Princeton |
Sherburne |
Hog |
Dalon |
Miller |
Kellogg |
Wabasha |
Dairy |
Jennifer |
Olson |
Glenwood |
Pope |
Beef |
Cody |
Penning |
Luverne |
Rock |
Hog |
Emily |
Pieper |
New Prague |
Rice |
Dairy |
Floyd |
Rodenwald |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Philip |
Rotz |
Pelican Rapids |
Otter Tail |
Dairy |
Rachael |
Rusch |
Eden Valley |
Meeker |
Dairy |
Luke |
Sanders |
DeGraff |
Swift |
Beef |
John |
Schiffler |
Albany |
Stearns |
Dairy |
Chris |
Schueler |
Willmar |
Kandiyohi |
Dairy |
Tim |
Stender |
Young America |
Carver |
Dairy |
Carey |
Tweten |
Lewiston |
Winona |
Dairy |
Nicole |
Vis |
Lismore |
Nobles |
Hog |
Anneliese |
Walker |
Princeton |
Sherburne |
Beef |
Cory |
Wilson |
New Ulm |
Nicollet |
Dairy |
Paul |
Zimmerman |
Waseca |
Waseca |
Hog |