Vendor Features
Visit to Shepherd’s Way Farms
Photographer and Mill City Farmers Market regular shopper Iglika Petrova takes a visit to Shepherd’s Way Farms in Nerstrand, MN to capture the story behind Jodi and Steven’s award-winning sheep milk cheese–complete with her recipe for Bacon, Poached Egg, Asparagus and Morcella Cheese Toast. By Iglika Petrova It takes a special person to be a… Read More →
A Visit to Holisitic Health Farms
Mill City Farmers Market vendor Tim Page shares the inspiration behind his urban farm and greenhouse Holistic Health Farms and his passion for education and community. by J. Annie Wang Tim Page’s Holistic Health Farms sits on a double-wide city lot, hidden behind a Saint Paul house. The clover lawn and raised vegetable beds can… Read More →
Behind the Booth at Solomon’s Bakery
MCFM vendor Solomon’s Bakery specializes African and Caribbean breads for wholesale markets and artisan French pastries for the market at their family-run bakery in New Brighton. By Mecca Bos To get a sense of the popularity of Solomon’s Bakery, you have to see the Saturday morning Mill City Farmers Market craze with your own eyes.… Read More →
Growing a Farm for Black Minnesotans
Explore the motivation and vision for the “Grow a Young Black Farmer in Minnesota” campaign in this short film directed by Adja Gildersleve. The campaign by apprenticing cheesemaker Lizy Bryant supports her goal to buy land farmed by her aunt, Lynne Reeck, Mill City Farmers Market vendor of Singing Hills Goat Dairy. Double your donation!… Read More →
Winter Mushrooms
Mill City Farmers Market vendor Northwood Mushrooms increases year-round mushroom production with innovative projects on the farm. By Amy Rea, Heavy Table contributor Jeremy McAdams has been cultivating mushrooms commercially since 2009 when his farm was in the backyard of his south Minneapolis home. Now he and his wife Aimee operate a more traditional farm… Read More →
How your local beekeeper can keep you healthy
Ames Farm honey products are in grocery stores, co-ops and gifts shops throughout Minneapolis and the metro, but did you know you can meet the owner and head beekeeper Brian Frederickson at the Mill City Farmers Market? Brian has over 25 years of experience at his apiary in Delano, Minnesota, and the Ames Farm table… Read More →
The healing power of herbal tea
After a month of parties, shopping trips, family celebrations and nights on the sledding hills, a new season is upon us–cold and flu season. The sniffly, cold weather has us reaching into our cupboards for herbal teas. Unlike black, green, white, pu-erh or oolong tea that all come from the leaves and leaf buds of… Read More →
A 150-year-old riverside trout farm
An hour east of Minneapolis in the scenic town of Star Prairie, Wisconsin, sits a gem of history and haven for delicious cold-water trout. Located on the bank of the Apple River, Star Prairie Trout Farm is a 150-year-old fish farming operation, raising rainbow trout in natural spring water. Visiting in winter, it is impressive… Read More →
Rise of new artisan bakery Lowertown Bakehouse
With this year’s departures of Salty Tart and Heritage Breads bakeries from the Mill City Farmers Market, bread lovers are happy to see a new bakery, Lowertown Bakehouse, filling the void. Chris Sarles opened Lowertown Bakery in the spring, baking bagels and sourdough breads with a cottage food license in his apartment. Now, working in… Read More →
The big cheese of micro-creameries
Most of us live within a few miles of several microbreweries and can list dozens of our favorite craft beers. But can you name your favorite micro-creamery? Located in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, Cosmic Wheel Creamery is keeping the tradition of farmstead small-batch cheese making alive — a craft that shares not only the science of fermentation with… Read More →