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Phil and Deb Batalden
Redwood County
23651 420th Ave
Lamberton, MN 56152
507-752-7796
Best time to contact: 8-9 pm |
Phil and Deb Batalden have been certified organic since 2000, using a
traditional rotation of corn, soybeans, wheat and red clover. Integrated
cultivation and green manuring are some of the tools for their success in
organic production. |
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Laura and Marvin Bihl,
Home Place Beef Organic Farm
Wright County
14316 Endicott Ave NW
Clearwater, MN 55320
320-558-6392
Best time to contact: Evenings
marvobihl@aol.com |
Laura and Marvin Bihl farm 240 acres, which have been certified organic
since 1989. They raise cattle, which they direct market as certified organic
beef. They use a long rotation with corn, small grain, and several years
of alfalfa. Alfalfa and cattle manure are used as fertility sources, and
grazing rotation, and cultivation for weed management. They are members
of the Sustainable Farming Association, Wright Home Gardeners, Sierra Club,
and Church Rural Life Advisory Board. They prefer to answer questions about
organic beef production and certification standards. |
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Lynn Brakke, Lynn Brakke Organic Farms
Clay County
5724 170th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-585-4107
Best time to contact: no calls after 9 om or on Sundays please
lbrakke@aol.com |
Lynn Brakke farms 2500 acres, certified organic since 1994, and raises
35 head of certified organic Angus beef cattle. He has great experience
with alternative crops, extended rotation, and alternative weed management
methods such as electrostatic and flame weed control. |
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Don DeWeerd
Pipestone County
1826 70th Avenue,
Pipestone, MN 56164-9514
507-825-2077
Best time to contact: Weekday evenings
dondeweerd@earthlink.net
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Don Deweerd has managed his 188 acres organically since 1977, and has
been certified organic since 2000. He is skilled in rotation planning, working
with many different cash crops, cover crops, and legumes, and works with
numerous weed management strategies. |
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Carmen Fernholz, A-Frame
Farm
Lac Qui Parle County
RR 2 Box 9A
Madison, MN 56256
320-598-3010
Best time to contact: Weekdays 7-8 am
fernholz@frontiernet.net
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Carmen Fernholz runs a 410-acre farm, entirely certified. He works with
many crops, such as oats, flax, barley, rye, hairy vetch, clovers, and other,
and is skilled in rotation planning and tillage practices for weed and fertility
management. Carmen is also very experienced with designing and conducting
on-farm research. |
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Richard Handeen and Audrey Arner, Moonstone
Farm
Chippewa County
9060 40th Street, SW
Montevideo, MN 56265
320-269-8971
Best time to contact: 8-9 pm
rhandeen@hotmail.com |
Richard Handeen farms on 240 acres. Some of the farm acreage
has been certified organic since the late 1970's. He works with numerous
alternative crops and manages weed and fertility issues with green manure,
cattle manure, cover crops, mechanical cultivation and tillage, and rotation.
He is a skilled rotational grazier and sells his beef through direct marketing.
Richard is a member of the Sustainable Farming Association. |
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Mark and Wendy Lange, Dry Weather Creek Farm
8095 40th Street NW
Milan, MN
320-269-9617
Best time to contact: late evening, early morning
dwcreek@fedteldirect.net
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Mark and Wendy Lange have an 80 acre certified organic farm on which they
grow corn, soybeans, and wheat. They are also producing Omega-3 eggs, and
South African Boer Goats, but have not certified them yet. They have a certified
organic flour mill and grind whole wheat flour, wheat products, ground flax,
cornmeal, and white whole wheat flour. The Langes believe in sustainable
agriculture and bringing back the small family farm through diversity. |
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Craig Murphy
Stevens County
51487 320th St
Morris, MN 56267
320-392-5176
Best time to contact: week nights before 9 pm
cjemurph@fedteldirect.net
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Craig Murphy farms 470 acres, which have been certified organic since
1983. Craig experiements with many different alternative crops. He works
with on-farm manures, green manures, roation, rotary hoe, harrow, cultivator,
and hand-rogueing to manage weeds and soil fertility. Craig is Vice-Chair
of the South Dakota Chapter 2 Organic Crop Improvement Association, and
is on the board of the western chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association
of Minnesota. |
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Betty and Dale Noordman, LIFE
Design Organics
Pope County
39041 County Road 2
Hancock, MN 56244
320-392-5925, 320-766-0008, 0006
http://www.ruralsolutions.com/lifedesignorganics
organicfood30@hotmail.com
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Dale and Betty Noordman farm 585 acres, which have been certified organic
since 1990. The farm is diversified and includes crop production, small-scale
vegetable production, and beef and poultry (not certified). They try to
have family members help out on their farm as much as possible. |
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Dale Rusch
McLeod County,
22864 190th Street
Hutchinson, MN 55350
320-587-5721
Best time to contact: Sunday nights, 9-10 pm |
Dale Rusch has always farmed organically. He farms 240 acres, all certified
organic since 1989. He also owns and operates an organic dairy. Dale follows
a 4-5 year rotation and uses on-farm manures, lime, rock phosphate, and
plow-downs for fertility and cultivation (including a rotary hoe and spring
tooth harrow) and rotation for weed management. Dale is the 6th generation
on a 100-year family farm, which has never seen any chemicals. |
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Jerry Wiebusch, Wiebuschs Valley View Family
Farm
Wabasha County
RR3 Box 86
Lake City, MN 55041
507-753-2754
Best time to contact: Evenings after 9 pm |
Jerry Wiebusch farms traditional crops using techniques such as flame-weeding
and has been certified since 1998. He currently operates a 70-head organic
dairy. |
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Ray Yokiel
Faribault County
59129 180th Street
Wells, MN 56097
507-553-6152
Best time to contact: Evenings
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Ray Yokiel farms 240 acres, which have been certified organic since 1990.
He follows a 3-year crop rotation of corn, soybeans, and small grain with
an alfalfa plowdown for fertility. He has been successfully flame weeding
for the past 20 years. Ray is a certification committee member of the Organic
Crop Improvement Association, Minnesota #1 Chapter. |
