Bees and other pollinators are essential for plant, animal, and human health around the world. Join us on a virtual field trip as we visit Ping Honzay at the Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center in Chanhassen, MN.
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Have you ever wondered how all that milk is made into the cheese we enjoy? Join us to learn more about the process of turning milk into cheese with a virtual field trip of Bongards, a Minnesota-based farmer-owned cooperative that has been crafting premium dairy products for over 110 years.
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May is Beef Month! Join us for the Brenny Farms Virtual Field Trip to Ted and Katie’s beef farm in Mazeppa, Minnesota. They are both 5th generation farmers and are the owners of Brenny Farms. Beef is what is raised on the farm along with green grass. The beef cows consist of Angus and Charolais genetics. Brenny Farms is committed to being environmental stewards of the land by improving water quality and natural habitat.
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Join us as we visit the Mathiowetz Family Farm in Morgan, Minnesota. Joel is a fifth-generation farmer working alongside his father, brother and two uncles raising corn, soybeans and peas. We will be in the tractor with him as he is in the field sharing about farming corn and soybeans and he does to get his crops planted.
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R&R Cultivation is a local grower that specializes in organic, gourmet mushrooms. On this virtual field, we will learn about mushrooms.
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Did you know the largest indoor lettuce farm in the United States is in Owatonna, Minnesota? Revol Greens is a grows lettuce on a seven acre greenhouse. Greenhouses are indoor
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This tour takes us to Isanti, Minnesota on the Pinestead Tree Farm. Meet Phil Hartley, his wife Helen and his son Greg. History The Pinestead Tree Farm was started in
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Visit Oakdale Farm in west central MN where we will meet turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke. She is a 6th generation turkey farmer. Erica farms with her father and husband, although her husband also teaches high school agriculture. They grow corn and soybeans, and raise light hens. Erica and her husband have a 16 month old daughter who loves turkeys as much as they do!
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As we continue our virtual field trips to different farms across Minnesota, we are delighted to share with a very unique farming operation. The New Roots Farm Incubator in Dilworth
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Minnesota Ag in the Classroom has partnered with Midwest Dairy to host 5 virtual field trips to celebrate Farm to School month. We want to meet farmers who are providing food that many students get to eat in their school cafeterias and food service programs.
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